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<hw>Cor`re*li"gion*ist</hw> <tt>(k?r`r?-l?j"?n-?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A co-religion<?/ist.</def>

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<hw>Cor*rep"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?p"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>correptio</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>corripere</ets> to seize.]</ety> <def>Chiding; reproof; reproach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Angry, passionate <b>correption</b> being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cor`re*spond"</hw> <tt>(k?r`r?-sp?nd")</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corresponded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corresponding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets>respond</ets>: cf. f. <ets>correspondre</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by <i>with</i> or <i>to</i>; <as>as, concurring figures <ex>correspond</ex> with each other throughout</as>.</def>

<blockquote>None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] <b>correspond</b> to the Shakespearean type. <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they <b>correspond</b> to those ideas we have, but no farther. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to <b>correspond</b> directly with the Pretender. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.</syn>

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<hw>Cor`re*spond"ence</hw> <tt>(-sp?nd"<it>e</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>correspondance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.</def>

<blockquote>Holding also good <b>correspondence</b> with the other great men in the state. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To facilitate <b>correspondence</b> between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The letters which pass between correspondents.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.</def>

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<hw>Cor`re*spond"en*cy</hw> <tt>(k$r`r?--sp?nd"<it>e</it>n-s?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Correspondencies</plw> <tt>(-s<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <def>Same as <er>Correspondence</er>, 3.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>correspondencies</b> of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. <i>S. Clarke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cor`re*spond"ent</hw> <tt>(-<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>correspondant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.</def>

<blockquote>Action <b>correspondent</b> or repugnant unto the law. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As fast the <b>correspondent</b> passions rise. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I will be <b>correspondent</b> to command. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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