2. Verb. (third-person singular of corpse) ¹
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Definition of Corpses
1. corpse [n] - See also: corpse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corpses
Literary usage of Corpses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... o'er the corpses of their slain. Thereon he wrought withal a fallow field Of
soft fat glebe, thrice till'd, and spacious breadth ; 630 And many a ..."
2. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"A Regiment of corpses.—Charge of Gordon's Brigade.—The Nine Mississippi Heroes.—The
Yankees Driven through Gettysburg.—A Fatal Mistake of the Confederates. ..."
3. Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With by Alabaster, Ernest, 1872-, Chaloner Alabaster, China (1899)
"OFFENCES AGAINST THE DEAD — MAKING AWAY WITH corpses Making away with corpses.
- To deliberately throw a dead body into a river, or burn it, or throw it to ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"but corpses of men and women. All the male Armenians of Malatia had been taken
there and massacred ; the women and children have all ..."
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