† coˈrrumpent, 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. |