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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot. 2. Qualifying; limiting. ``The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.'' --Holdsworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. --Burke. 2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corrective adj 1: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn: {disciplinary}, {disciplinal}] 2: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses" n : a device for treating injury or disease [syn: {restorative}]
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