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<hw>Cor*rect"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?kt")</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>correctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>corrigere</ets> to make straight, to correct; <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets>regere</ets> to lead straight: cf. F. <ets>correct</ets>. See <er>Regular</er>, <er>Right</er>, and cf. <er>Escort</er>.]</ety> <def>Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; <as>as, <ex>correct</ex> behavior; <ex>correct</ex> views.</as></def>

<blockquote>Always use the most <b>correct</b> editions. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See <er>Accurate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Correct</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corrected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Correcting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; <as>as, to <ex>correct</ex> manners or principles</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This is a defect in the first make of same men's minds which can scarce ever be <b>corrected</b> afterwards. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; <as>as, to <ex>correct</ex> the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; <as>as, a child should be <ex>corrected</ex> for lying</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did <b>correct</b> him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; <as>as, to <ex>correct</ex> the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See <er>Amend</er>.</syn>

<h1>Correctible -rkt-b'l, Correctable</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw><hw>Cor*rect"i*ble</hw> <tt>(-r?k"t?-b'l)</tt>, <hw>Cor*rect"a*ble</hw> <tt>(-r?k"t?-b'l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being corrected.</def>

<h1>Correctify</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rect"i*fy</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?k"t?-f?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To correct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When your worship's plassed to <b>correctify</b> a lady. <i>Beau & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Correction</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rec"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?k"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>correctio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>correction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.</def>

<blockquote>The due <b>correction</b> of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.</def>

<blockquote><b>Correction</b> and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; <as>as, the <ex>corrections</ex> on a proof sheet should be set in the margin</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; <as>as, the <ex>correction</ex> of acidity in the stomach</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; <as>as, chronometer <ex>correction</ex>; compass <ex>correction</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Correction line</col> <fld>(Surv.)</fld>, <cd>a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a <i>correction line</i> is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares.</cd> -- <col>House of correction</col>, <cd>a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.</cd> -- <col>Under correction</col>, <cd>subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.</cd></cs>

<h1>Correctional</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*rec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?k"sh?n-a]/>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>correctionnel</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; <as>as, a <ex>correctional</ex> institution</as>.</def>

<h1>Correctioner</h1> <Xpage=326>