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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Cor-pŭs/cu-lā'ri-an, a.p. 296Corpuscular. Boyle.
  2. Cor-pūs'eu-lā'ri-an, n.p. 296An advocate for the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.
  3. Cor-pŭs'cu-lār'i-ty, n.p. 296State of being corpuscular. [Rare.]
  4. Cor-pŭs'cule, n.p. 296A corpuscle.
  5. Côr'pus De-lĭc'tĭp. 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.…
  6. Cor-rāde', v. t.p. 296To rub off, or together. [Obs.]
  7. Cor-rā'di-al, a.p. 296Radiating to or from the same point. [Rare.]
  8. Cŏr-rā′di-āte, v. t.p. 296To concentrate to one point, as light or rays.
  9. Cor-rā'di-ā'tion, n.p. 296A conjunction of rays in one point. Bacon.
  10. Côr'ral, n.p. 296A yard or inclosure, especially for cattle, near a house. Simmonds.
  11. Cor-rā'sive, a.p. 296Serving to corrade, or wear away. “Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh.” Holland.
  12. 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…
  13. 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…
  14. Cor-rēct'i-ble, a.p. 296Capable of being corrected.
  15. 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.
  16. 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…
  17. Cor-rē'ction-al, a.p. 296Tending to, or intended for, correction.
  18. Cor-rĕc'tion-er, n.p. 297One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] Shak.
  19. Cor-rĕc'tive, a.p. 297Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali. Arbuthnot.
  20. 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…
  21. Cor-rĕct'ly, adv.p. 297In a correct manner; exactly; accurately; without fault or error.
  22. 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…
  23. 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…
  24. Cor-rĕct'o-ry, a.p. 297Containing or making correction.
  25. Cor-rĕct'ress, n.p. 297A female who corrects.
  26. Cor-rĕġ'i-dōr, n.p. 297A Spanish magistrate.
  27. Cŏr'rei, n.p. 297A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. “Fleet foot on the correi.” W. Scott.
  28. Côr're-late, n.p. 297One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else. South.
  29. Côr're-lāte', v. i.p. 297To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. [R.] Johnson.
  30. Côr're-lā'tion, n.p. 297Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. Cor-rĕl'a-tive-ly, adv.p. 297In a correlative relation.
  34. Cor-rēl'a-tive-ness, n.p. 297The state of being correlative.
  35. Cor-rĕp'tion, n.p. 297Chiding; reproof; reprimand; objurgation. [Obs.] Hammond.
  36. 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…
  37. 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.…
  38. Cŏr're-spōnd'ent, a.p. 297Having or indicating correspondence, adaptation, congruity, or fitness; suitable; congruous; conformable; answerable.
  39. Cŏr're-spōnd'ent, n.p. 297One who corresponds; one with whom an intercourse is carried on by letters or messages.
  40. Cŏr're-spŏnd'ent-ly, adv.p. 297In a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.
  41. 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…
  42. Cŏr're-spŏnd'ing-ly, adv.p. 297In a corresponding manner.
  43. Cōr're-spōn'sive, a.p. 297Answerable; adapted. Shak.
  44. Cōr're-spōn'sive-ly, adv.p. 297In a corresponding manner.
  45. 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…
  46. Cŏr'rĭ-gēn'dum, n.p. 297A thing or word to be corrected.
  47. Cŏr'ri-gent, n.p. 297(Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.
  48. Cŏr'ri-gi-bil'i-ty, n.p. 297The quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
  49. 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.…
  50. Cŏr'ri-gi-ble-ness, n.p. 297The quality of being corrigible.
  51. Cor-rī′val, n.p. 297A fellow-rival; a competitor; a co-rival. Shak.
  52. Cor-rī'val, a.p. 297Having contending claims; emulous.
  53. Cor-rī'val, v. i. & t.p. 297To rival; to compete, or compete with. Shak.
  54. Cōr'ri-vāl'i-ty, n.p. 297The character or conduct of a corrival; co-rivalry. Fuller.
  55. Cor-rī'val-ry or Cor-rī'val-ship, n.p. 297Competition; rivalry.
  56. Cŏr'ri-vāte, v. t.p. 297To draw out of several streams into one; — said of water. [Obs.] Burton.
  57. Cŏr'ri-vā'tion, n.p. 297The running of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton.
  58. Cor-rŏb'o-rant, a.p. 297Having the power or quality of giving strength; confirming; as, a corroborant medicine.
  59. Cor-rōb'o-rant, n.p. 297(Med.) A medicine that strengthens the body when weak.
  60. Cor-rŏb'o-rāte, v. t.p. 297[Lat. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare, from con and roborare, to strengthen, from robur, strength; Fr. corroborer, Sp. corroborar, It. corroborare. 1. To make strong, or to give additional…