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  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.
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  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.]
  
     Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See
           Corps, n., 1.
  
     2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
  
              He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it
              sprung upon its feet.                 --D. Webster.
  
     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.

  corpse
       n : the dead body of a human being [syn: cadaver, stiff, clay,
            remains]

  corpse
     Αγγλικά n.
     το πτώμα, η σορός

  corpse
     n.
     1 A dead body.
     2 (lb en archaic sometimes derogatory) A human body in general,
  whether living or dead.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably
  during a performance.
     2 (lb en transitive slang of an actor) To cause another actor to do
  this.

  corpse
     n.
     1 A dead body.
     2 (lb en archaic sometimes derogatory) A human body in general,
  whether living or dead.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably
  during a performance.
     2 (lb en transitive slang of an actor) To cause another actor to do
  this.

  corpse
     n.
     1 A dead body.
     2 (lb en archaic sometimes derogatory) A human body in general,
  whether living or dead.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably
  during a performance.
     2 (lb en transitive slang of an actor) To cause another actor to do
  this.

  corpse
     n.
     1 A dead body.
     2 (lb en archaic sometimes derogatory) A human body in general,
  whether living or dead.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably
  during a performance.
     2 (lb en transitive slang of an actor) To cause another actor to do
  this.

  corpse
     Englanti n.
     (''kuollut'') ruumis, kalmo

  corpse
     Engelska n.
     lik

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  lyk

  Corpse /kˈɔːps/
  الجثّة

  corpse //koɹps// //koːps// //kɔːps// //kɔːɹps// /[kʰo̞ɹps]/ 
  труп, мъртве́ц
  dead body

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  mrtvola

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  Leiche , Leichnam  [poet.]  [relig.]
     Synonyms: dead body, body, cadaver, stiff
  
   see: dead bodies, bodies, corpses, cadavers, stiffs, glacier body, glacier corpse, have a skeleton in the cupboard / closet, You look like death.
  

  corpse /kˈɔːps/ 
  etw. vermasseln 
           Note: durch plötzliches Lachen
   see: corpsing
  

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  
  πτώμα

  corpse //koɹps// //koːps// //kɔːps// //kɔːɹps// /[kʰo̞ɹps]/ 
  ruumis, kalmo, raato, vainaja
  dead body

  corpse /kɔːps/
  cadavre

  corpse /kˈɔːps/ 
  1. शव
        "The corpse was brought to the hospital for postmortem."

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  leš, lešina

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  1. tetem
  2. hulla

  corpse //koɹps// //koːps// //kɔːps// //kɔːɹps// /[kʰo̞ɹps]/ 
  jenazah, mayat, batang
  dead body

  corpse //koɹps// //koːps// //kɔːps// //kɔːɹps// /[kʰo̞ɹps]/ 
  死体, 屍体
  dead body

  corpse /kɔːps/
  cadaver

  corpse /kɔːps/
  cadáver, defunto, morto

  corpse //koɹps// //koːps// //kɔːps// //kɔːɹps// /[kʰo̞ɹps]/ 
  lik, kadaver, as
  dead body

  corpse /kˈɔːps/ 
  
  maiti

  corpse /kˈɔːps/
  1. ceset, ölü.

  
/ˈkɔɹps/

  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. 
  
  

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "corpse":
     ashes, barebones, bean pole, beanstalk, body, bones, broomstick,
     cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, clothes pole, corpus delicti,
     crowbait, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, dry bones,
     dust, earth, embalmed corpse, food for worms, lanky, late lamented,
     mortal remains, mummification, mummy, organic remains, rattlebones,
     relics, reliquiae, remains, shadow, skeleton, slim, spindlelegs,
     spindleshanks, stack of bones, stiff, stilt, tenement of clay,
     the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one,
     twiggy, walking skeleton
  
  

  n. 尸体;

     n. 尸体