Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Correcting.]
1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice,
or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or
principles.
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This is a defect in the first make of some men's
minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards.
--T. Burnet.
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2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend;
to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark
upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the
type the changes so marked).
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3. 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, a child
should be corrected for lying.
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My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct
him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his
knees he would be even with me. --Shak.
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4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of
another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to
correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline
preparations.
Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise;
punish; discipline; chasten. See Amend.
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