The Collaborative International Dictionary
Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. & vb. n. Correcting.]
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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. 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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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: correct)
WordNet
adj. having something undesirable neutralized; "with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20" [ant: uncorrected]
punished for misbehavior; "the chastised child sat humbly in the corner" [syn: chastised, disciplined]
Usage examples of "corrected".
The Hrrubans burst into a purring laugh as Toddy corrected himself on some mispronounced word.
Half stumbling onto the porch because Hrriss had put considerable strength into that push, Todd corrected himself and looked about for Kelly.
She corrected herself, gaily, making far too light of her mistake, and then, eagerly, she propelled her self out toward the rendezvous.
And corrected hurriedly as they sped uncomfortably close to the curving cliffs.
Bakkun automatically corrected course and Kai watched the remote-distance screen attentively.
She corrected her course, cursing Gaber's big mouth and her own lack of self-control.
Triv corrected himself with a laugh and then a sly glance at her, "Varian makes a convincing lieutenant, Kai.
A cosmic cloud obscuring the sun caused the climatic change," Pendelman corrected firmly.
Sassinak watched as the escort corrected its own course, adjusting to the cruiser's new one.
It would be pleasant to carry a group of young people just like her—well, not just like her, Nancia corrected with a trace of internal amusement.
As always, he turned his head towards the titanium column when addressing her, just as if he were inviting another softshell—softperson, Nancia corrected herself—to join in the conversation.
She corrected the descent, hopped into mid-air, and came down more slowly the second time.
Cong, Simeon corrected silently "—so far all we're doing is rolling over!
The view showed a corrected view of the sidereal universe as it would have appeared to an object with the ship's pseudospeed.
She lit her own full engines, corrected course, and opened all her receivers, hoping for word from Gavon's ship.