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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Côr'po-sant, n. p. 296A luminous appearance, flame-like in shape, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the mast-head and the yard-arms. The same phenomenon has…Cōrps, n. sing. & pl. p. 296A body of men; especially, a body of troops, an organized part or division of an army. They never acted in corps, or were known as a faction in the state. Burke. 2. (Arch.) Any part that projects…Côrpsē, n. p. 296A human body in general, whether living or dead; — sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] But naked, without needful vestiments To clad his corpse with meet habiliments, He cared not for dint of sword or…Côr'pu-lence or Côr'pu-len-cy, n. p. 296Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity. 2. Thickness of substance; spissitude. [Obs.] The heaviness and corpulency of the water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray.Côr'pu-lent, a. p. 296Having an excessive quantity of flesh, in proportion to the frame of the body. They provided me always a strong horse, because I was corpulent and heavy. Hackluyt. 2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.]…Côr'pu-lent-ly, adv. p. 296In a corpulent manner.Côr'pu-sānce, n. p. 296The same as CORPOSANT.Côr'pus Chrīst'i p. 296(Eccl.) A festival of the church of Rome, kept on the next Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in honor of the eucharist.Côr'pus-cle, n. p. 296A minute particle, or physical atom; one of the very small bodies which compose large bodies, not the elementary principles of matter, but such small particles, simple or compound, as are not…Cor-pŭs'eu-lar, a. p. 296Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, &c., of the…Cor-pŭs/cu-lā'ri-an, a. p. 296Corpuscular. Boyle.Cor-pūs'eu-lā'ri-an, n. p. 296An advocate for the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.Cor-pŭs'cu-lār'i-ty, n. p. 296State of being corpuscular. [Rare.]Cor-pŭs'cule, n. p. 296A corpuscle.Côr'pus De-lĭc'tĭ p. 296(Law.) The substantial and fundamental fact of the crime having been committed; the proofs essential to establish a crime; the subject of the crime itself, as the body of the person murdered, &c.…Cor-rāde', v. t. p. 296To rub off, or together. [Obs.]Cor-rā'di-al, a. p. 296Radiating to or from the same point. [Rare.]Cŏr-rā′di-āte, v. t. p. 296To concentrate to one point, as light or rays.Cor-rā'di-ā'tion, n. p. 296A conjunction of rays in one point. Bacon.Côr'ral, n. p. 296A yard or inclosure, especially for cattle, near a house. Simmonds.Cor-rā'sive, a. p. 296Serving to corrade, or wear away. “Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh.” Holland.Cor-rēct', a. p. 296Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct…Cor-rĕct′, v. t. p. 296To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to remove or retrench faults or errors in; to set right. This is a defect in the make of some men's minds which can scarce…Cor-rēct'i-ble, a. p. 296Capable of being corrected.Cor-rēct'i-fy, v. t. p. 296To set right; to correct. [Obs.] It is not to be a justice of peace, To pick natural philosophy out of bawdry. When your worship's pleased to correctify a lady. B.&Fl.Cor-rē'ction, n. p. 296The act of correcting; the emendation of faults or errors; change for the better; amendment. “The due correction of swearing, rioting . . . and other scandalous vices.” Strype. 2. That which is…Cor-rē'ction-al, a. p. 296Tending to, or intended for, correction.Cor-rĕc'tion-er, n. p. 297One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] Shak.Cor-rĕc'tive, a. p. 297Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali. Arbuthnot.Cor-rĕc'tive, n. p. 297That which has the power of correcting, altering, or obviating what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. 2. Limitation…Cor-rĕct'ly, adv. p. 297In a correct manner; exactly; accurately; without fault or error.Cor-rĕct'ness, n. p. 297State of being correct; conformity to truth, justice, or propriety; as, the correctness of opinions, of judgment, or of manners. 2. Conformity to settled usages or rules; as, correctness in writing…Cor-rĕct'or, n. p. 297One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable to truth or propriety, or to any standard; as, a corrector of the press; a corrector of abuses. 2. That which…Cor-rĕct'o-ry, a. p. 297Containing or making correction.Cor-rĕct'ress, n. p. 297A female who corrects.Cor-rĕġ'i-dōr, n. p. 297A Spanish magistrate.Cŏr'rei, n. p. 297A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. “Fleet foot on the correi.” W. Scott.Côr're-late, n. p. 297One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else. South.Côr're-lāte', v. i. p. 297To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. [R.] Johnson.Côr're-lā'tion, n. p. 297Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law.Cor-rĕl'a-tive, a. p. 297Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.Cor-rēl'a-tive, n. p. 297One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to some other person or thing. Locke. Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman. 2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.Cor-rĕl'a-tive-ly, adv. p. 297In a correlative relation.Cor-rēl'a-tive-ness, n. p. 297The state of being correlative.Cor-rĕp'tion, n. p. 297Chiding; reproof; reprimand; objurgation. [Obs.] Hammond.Cŏr're-spŏnd', v. i. p. 297To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer. Words being but empty sounds, any further than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them, as they correspond to…Cŏr're-spŏnd'ençe or Cŏr're-spŏnd'en-cy, n. p. 297Mutual adaptation of one thing to another; congruity; fitness; relation. The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be reasonable confirmations of the foreknowledge of God. Clark. 2.…Cŏr're-spōnd'ent, a. p. 297Having or indicating correspondence, adaptation, congruity, or fitness; suitable; congruous; conformable; answerable.Cŏr're-spōnd'ent, n. p. 297One who corresponds; one with whom an intercourse is carried on by letters or messages.Cŏr're-spŏnd'ent-ly, adv. p. 297In a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.Cŏr're-spŏnd'ing, p. a. p. 297Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting. 2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who is invited to hold intercourse with the society…Cŏr're-spŏnd'ing-ly, adv. p. 297In a corresponding manner.Cōr're-spōn'sive, a. p. 297Answerable; adapted. Shak.Cōr're-spōn'sive-ly, adv. p. 297In a corresponding manner.Cŏr'ri-dōr', n. p. 297(Arch.) A gallery or passage-way leading to apartments independent of each other. “Long, sounding corridors.” Tennyson. 2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications…Cŏr'rĭ-gēn'dum, n. p. 297A thing or word to be corrected.Cŏr'ri-gent, n. p. 297(Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.Cŏr'ri-gi-bil'i-ty, n. p. 297The quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.Cŏr'ri-gi-ble, a. p. 297Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. 2. Worthy of being chastised; punishable. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.…Cŏr'ri-gi-ble-ness, n. p. 297The quality of being corrigible.