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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]: correcting n : the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake [syn: {correction}, {rectification}]
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