corruptible 
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cor·rupt·ible (kə rup′tə bəl)
adjective
Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) corruptibilis
Related Forms:
- corruptibility cor·rupt′·ibil′·ity (-tə bil′ə tē) noun
- corruptibly cor·rupt′·ibly adverb
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Modifies a noun
- seed: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God.
Modifying Another Word
- eminently: At home in mother Russia the thieves began re-establishing links with the eminently corruptible communist functionaries.
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Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor Ever hung my fate,'mongst things corruptible; I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing Was prophet to the rest, but ne'er believed.
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