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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
corpse
    n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended
         for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the
         discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he
         threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the
         turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse,
         stiff, clay, remains]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Corpse \Corpse\ (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written
   corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See
   Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
   1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; --
      sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]
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   Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See
         Corps, n., 1.
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   2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
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            He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
            sprung upon its feet.                 --D. Webster.
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   Corpse candle.
      (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the
          customary watching with a corpse on the night before
          its interment.
      (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a
          candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp
          places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
          

   Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the
      dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called
      also lich gate.
      [1913 Webster] Corpulence

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CORPSE. The dead body (q.v.) of a human being. Russ. & Ry. 366, n.; 2 T. R. 
733; 1 Leach, 497; 16 Eng. Com. L. Rep. 413; 8 Pick. 370; Dig. 47, 12, 3, 7 
Id. 11, 7, 38; Code, 3, 441. 
     2. As a corpse is considered as nullius bonis, or the property of no 
one, it follows that stealing it, is not, at common law, a larceny. 3 Inst. 
203. 



Thesaurus Results for Corpse:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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