Corpse
[kɔːps] or [kɔrps]
Definition
(n.) A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.
(n.) The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Corse, remains, CARCASS, dead body (of a human being).
Edited by Eileen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Carcass, remains, dust, clay
ANT:Soul, person, individual
Typist: Robbie
Definition
n. the dead body of a human being.—ns. Corpse′-can′dle a light seen hovering over a grave—an omen of death; Corpse′-gate the lichgate (see Lichgate).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a corpse is fatal to happiness, as this dream indicates sorrowful tidings of the absent, and gloomy business prospects. The young will suffer many disappointments and pleasure will vanish. To see a corpse placed in its casket, denotes immediate troubles to the dreamer. To see a corpse in black, denotes the violent death of a friend or some desperate business entanglement. To see a battle-field strewn with corpses, indicates war and general dissatisfaction between countries and political factions. To see the corpse of an animal, denotes unhealthy situation, both as to business and health. To see the corpse of any one of your immediate family, indicates death to that person, or to some member of the family, or a serious rupture of domestic relations, also unusual business depression. For lovers it is a sure sign of failure to keep promises of a sacred nature. To put money on the eyes of a corpse in your dreams, denotes that you will see unscrupulous enemies robbing you while you are powerless to resent injury. If you only put it on one eye you will be able to recover lost property after an almost hopeless struggle. For a young woman this dream denotes distress and loss by unfortunately giving her confidence to designing persons. For a young woman to dream that the proprietor of the store in which she works is a corpse, and she sees while sitting up with him that his face is clean shaven, foretells that she will fall below the standard of perfection in which she was held by her lover. If she sees the head of the corpse falling from the body, she is warned of secret enemies who, in harming her, will also detract from the interest of her employer. Seeing the corpse in the store, foretells that loss and unpleasantness will offset all concerned. There are those who are not conscientiously doing the right thing. There will be a gloomy outlook for peace and prosperous work.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- She was very earnest to see the corpse. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She looks like a corpse now. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Morning broke; and the old woman saw the corpse, marked with the fatal disease, close to her; her wrist was livid with the hold loosened by death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The priest proclaimed his dream, and forthwith Venice set about procuring the corpse of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What lying epitaphs they make over the corpse of love! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A group of humble mourners entered the gate: wearing white favours; for the corpse was young. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- How can money be a corpse's? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For a wife I have but the maniac upstairs: as well might you refer me to some corpse in yonder churchyard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You touch me, sir,--you hold me, and fast enough: I am not cold like a corpse, nor vacant like air, am I? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His black beard, now streaked with grey, seemed to spring out of the waxy flesh of a corpse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When he died they threw him overboard also, though there were those among them who wanted to keep the corpse on board. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The hilt of his sword must have struck my head, for with the impact of the corpse I lost consciousness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She and he stood by the corpse. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And the business of her life, was--to watch the corpse of Love. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two of the corpses appeared to have been partially devoured as though by wolves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And 'ere's Jimson and Bildge, cried Gurt, from a distance, where he had discovered two corpses. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sab Than lay dead beside his father, and the corpses of the flower of Zodangan nobility and chivalry covered the floor of the bloody shambles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The beasts tore the victims limb from limb and made poor mangled corpses of them in the twinkling of an eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It stinks of the offal you feed on, you scavenger dog, you eater of corpses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He sent me to look for your corpses, but I suppose he will be rather astonished when he finds you can still use your own legs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The other, however, dealt a single blow with his cruel tail that laid both of the females crushed corpses upon the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They more resemble corpses than living beings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Already the gay dance vanished, the green sward was strewn with corpses, the blue air above became fetid with deathly exhalations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Two were corpses, one had barely escaped the jaws of death, another was sick and a widow. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- See, in the mangled corpses of the last remains of the tribe, how effectually we have afforded it to them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A many, many, beautiful corpses she laid out, as nice and neat as waxwork. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- On the following morning it was seen that one of the corpses had been partially devoured. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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