Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Corrupt, vb., 1) trans. to vitiate, to deprave: which (heart) “once --ed takes the worser part,” Lucr. 294. “her sacred temple spotted, spoiled, --ed,” Lucr. 294 “--ed blood,” Lucr. 294 “myself --ing,” Sonn. 35, 7. “a --ed heart,” Wiv. V, 5, 91. “disdain rather c. me ever,” All's II, 3, 123. “my son --s a well-derived nature with his inducement,” III, 2, 90. “three --ed men,” H5 II Chor. H5 II Chor. “attainted, --ed and exempt from ancient gentry,” H6A II, 4, 93. “whose conscience with injustice is --ed,” H6B III, 2, 235. “--ed the youth in erecting a grammar-school,” IV, 7, 36. “I'll c. her manners, stain her beauty,” R3 IV, 4, 206. “the dead carcasses that do c. my air,” Cor. III, 3, 123. Tit. III, 1, 9. Lr. II, 4, 228. Hml. III, 3, 57. Oth. I, 3, 272. Ant. IV, 5, 17.
Special sorts of depraving: a) by bribery: All's IV, 3, 309. H6C III, 2, 155. H8 III, 1, 101. Troil. IV, 4, 74. Oth. IV, 2, 190. Cymb. II, 4, 116. Followed by the preposition to: “to c. him to a revolt,” All's IV, 3, 204. Absolutely: “--ing gold,” R3 IV, 2, 34.
b) by debauching: “Angelo had never the purpose to c. her,” Meas. III, 1, 163. All's III, 5, 73. Cor. IV, 3, 33. And in a more general sense == to seduce: “would c. my saint to be a devil,” Sonn. 144, 7. Gentl. IV, 2, 6. John III, 1, 55. H4A I, 2, 102. Oth. I, 3, 60.
c) by perversion and falsification: “you c. the song,” All's I, 3, 85. “we must not so stain our judgement, or c. our hope,” II, 1, 123. “purchase --ed pardon of a man,” John III, 1, 166. “by underhand --ed foul injustice,” R3 V, 1, 6. “if this law of nature be --ed through affection,” Troil. II, 2, 177.
2) intr. to become putrid: “do as the carrion does, not as the flower, c. with virtuous season,” Meas. II, 2, 168. “--ing in its own fertility,” H5 V, 2, 40.