a. Obs. Also -ant. [ad. L. corrumpent-em, pr. pple. of corrumpĕre to CORRUPT: in F. corrompant.] Corrupting, destructive.
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., I. i. 28. This chaunge corrumpent of the forme. Ibid., II. v. 19. The onely corrumpent altering that can be named.
1658. R. Franck, North. Mem. (1821), 41. Such corrumpant grandees, that think whole kingdoms gobbets not great enough … to satiate their appetites.
