Corpse has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
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"
2
A dead body.
"The police cordoned off the area where they discovered the corpse in the woods."
Verb
1
To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
"The comedian fell over laughing at his own joke, completely losing control of the routine."
In plain English: There is no verb form of corpse because it only refers to a dead body as a noun.
"The heavy rain will not stop us from burying him today."
Example Sentences
"The heavy rain will not stop us from burying him today."
verb
"The detective did not corpse the suspect in his office."
verb
"She refused to corpse her friend on social media."
verb
"No one ever corpses their daily tasks at work."
verb
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Origin
The word "corpse" entered English via Old French from the Latin corpus, which means "body." Although it replaced earlier native terms like likam and lich, its spelling includes a ⟨p⟩ that was added later to match the original Latin form.