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Webster 1913 Edition


Corse

Corse

(k?rs or k?rs; 277)
,
Noun.
[OF.
cors
, F.
corps
. See
Corpse
.]
1.
A living body or its bulk.
[Obs.]
For he was strong, and of so mighty
corse

As ever wielded spear in warlike hand.
Spenser.
2.
A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
[Archaic or Poetic]
Set down the
corse
; or, by
Saint Paul
,
I’ll make a
corse
of him that disobeys.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Corse

CORSE

,
Noun.
[L.] A corpse; the dead body of a human being; a poetical word.

Definition 2024


Corse

Corse

See also: corse and corsé

English

Proper noun

Corse

  1. An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.

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French

Proper noun

Corse f

  1. Corsica

Noun

Corse m, f (plural Corses)

  1. Corsican (person)

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corse

corse

See also: Corse and corsé

English

Noun

corse (plural corses)

  1. (obsolete) A (living) body.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
      that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene [...].
  2. (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
    • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
      Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

corse m, f (plural corses)

  1. Corsican

Noun

corse m (uncountable)

  1. Corsican (language)

Verb

corse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of corser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of corser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of corser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of corser
  5. second-person singular imperative of corser

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkorse/

Verb

corse

  1. third-person singular past historic of correre

Noun

corse m pl

  1. plural of corso

Noun

corse f pl

  1. plural of corsa

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