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discorrupt

discorrupt verb: to purify; to make less corrupt.

Verb

discorrupt (third-person singular simple present discorrupts, present participle discorrupting, simple past and past participle discorrupted)

  1. To purify; to make less corrupt
    • I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul.1867, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, page 98
    • It is more than possible to hear Brünnhilde in the immolation scene voicing a nationalist promise that if modernity will only discorrupt itself, the next Siegfried will not have to die in squalor.2004 October 2, Lawrence Kramer (musicologist), Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss, page 103

Forms of discorrupt

third-person singular presentdiscorrupts
present participlediscorrupting
past participlediscorrupted
pastdiscorrupted

Questions about discorrupt

What does discorrupt mean?
Discorrupt means to purify; to make less corrupt.
What part of speech is discorrupt?
Discorrupt is a verb.
What is the past tense of discorrupt?
The past tense of discorrupt is discorrupted.

Words near discorrupt in the dictionary

  1. discorporating
  2. discorrelated
  3. discorrelation
  4. discorrelations
  5. discorrespondent
  6. discorrupt
  7. discorsioun
  8. discos
  9. discosauriscid
  10. discosauriscids
  11. discosean

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