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Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18.

Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible. Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances. Wake.

The quality or state of being incorruptible. Boyle.

Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i. 23.

Constitutionally. [R.] Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.

Corruptible. [Obs.]

The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke.

Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.

essful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptiblle. 1 Cor. ix. 25. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption. Holland.

In an incorruptible manner.

The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. 42. The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne.

Incorruptible; not liable to decay. Akenside.

essing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction. To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. 1 Pet. i. 4.

Capable of being seduced; corruptible.

a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52.