v. Obs. By-form of CORRUPT v. [prob. partly due to taking the pa. pple. and pa. t. corrupt as corrup + t: cf. the Sc. corruppit.] Hence Corrupped ppl. a.
1483. Cath. Angl., 76. To Corrupe, corru[m]pere.
1533. Gau, Richt Vay (1887), 17. In thair corruppit mind.
1535. Coverdale, Eccl. x. 1. Deed flyes yt corruppe swete oyntment.
a. 1536. Tindale, Expos. 1 John ii. 15. To corruppe the Scripture with false gloses.
1552. Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 11. Potegareis that sellis corruppit drogaris. Ibid., 91. Thai corrup the ayre with the exempil of thair unclein lyfe.
