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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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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.Cor-rī′val, n. p. 297A fellow-rival; a competitor; a co-rival. Shak.Cor-rī'val, a. p. 297Having contending claims; emulous.Cor-rī'val, v. i. & t. p. 297To rival; to compete, or compete with. Shak.Cōr'ri-vāl'i-ty, n. p. 297The character or conduct of a corrival; co-rivalry. Fuller.Cor-rī'val-ry or Cor-rī'val-ship, n. p. 297Competition; rivalry.Cŏr'ri-vāte, v. t. p. 297To draw out of several streams into one; — said of water. [Obs.] Burton.Cŏr'ri-vā'tion, n. p. 297The running of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton.Cor-rŏb'o-rant, a. p. 297Having the power or quality of giving strength; confirming; as, a corroborant medicine.Cor-rōb'o-rant, n. p. 297(Med.) A medicine that strengthens the body when weak.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…Cor-rŏb'o-rate, a. p. 297Corroborated. [Obs.] “Corroborate by custom.” Bacon.Cor-rŏb'/o-rā'tion, n. p. 297The act of corroborating; the act of strengthening or confirming; addition of strength, assurance, or security; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of intelligence. 2. That which…Cor-rōb'o-ra-tīve, a. p. 297Having the power of giving strength, or additional strength; tending to corroborate or confirm. Warburton.Cor-rŏb'o-ra-tīve, n. p. 297A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.Cor-rŏb'o-ra-to-ry, a. p. 297Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.Cor-rōde′, v. t. p. 297To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating small particles from a body, in the manner an animal gnaws a substance. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce…Cor-rōd'ent, a. p. 297Having the power of corroding or wasting by degrees. [Rare.] Bp. King.