2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
This is a defect in the first make of some men's
minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards.
--T. Burnet.
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).
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.
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.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
corrected
adj 1: having something undesirable neutralized; "with glasses her
corrected vision was 20:20" [ant: {uncorrected}]
2: punished for misbehavior; "the chastised child sat humbly in
the corner" [syn: {chastised}, {disciplined}]
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