Chapter 345

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.

Correctly <Xpage=326>

Cor*rect"ly (k?r-r?kt"l?) , adv. In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

Correctness <Xpage=326>

Cor*rect"ness , n. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.

Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.

Corrector <Xpage=326>

Cor*rect"or (k?r-r?kt"?r) , n. [L.] One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.

Correctory <Xpage=326>

Cor*rect"o*ry (-?-r?) , a. Containing or making correction; corrective.

Correctress <Xpage=326>

Cor*rect"ress (-r?s) , n. A woman who corrects.

Corregidor <Xpage=326>

Cor*reg"i*dor (k?r-r?j"?-d?r; Sp. k?r-r?`h?-d?r") , n. [Sp., orig., a corrector.] The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

Correi <Xpage=326>

Cor"rei (k?r"r?) , n. [Scot., perh. fr. Celt. cor a corner.] A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. "Fleet foot on the correi ."

Sir W. Scott.

Correlatable <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*lat"a*ble (k3r`r?-l?t"?-b'l) , a. Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena .

Correlate <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*late" (k?r`r?-l?t" &or; k?r"r?-l?t`) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Correlated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating .] [Pref. cor- + relate .] To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.

Correlate <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*late" , v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens .

Darwin.

Correlate <Xpage=326>

Cor"re*late (k?r"r?-l?t) , n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative.

South.

Correlation <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*la"tion (-l?"sh?n) , n. [LL. correlatio ; L. cor- + relatio : cf. F. corr\'82lation . Cf. Correlation .] Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases .

Correlation of energy , the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy , under Conservation . -- Correlation of forces , the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.

Correlative <Xpage=326>

Cor*rel"a*tive (k?r-r?l"?-t?v) , a. [Cf. F. corr\'82latif .] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.

Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.

Correlative <Xpage=326>

Cor*rel"a*tive , n. 1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.

Locke.

Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives . Spelman.

2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

Correlatively <Xpage=326>

Cor*rel"a*tive*ly , adv. In a correlative relation.

Correlativeness <Xpage=326>

Cor*rel"a*tive*ness , n. Quality of being correlative.

Correligionist <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*li"gion*ist (k?r`r?-l?j"?n-?st) , n. A co-religion<?/ist.

Correption <Xpage=326>

Cor*rep"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n) , n. [L. correptio , fr . corripere to seize.] Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.]

Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.

Correspond <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*spond" (k?r`r?-sp?nd") , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Corresponded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding .] [Pref. cor- + respond : cf. f. correspondre .] 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to ; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout .

None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.

2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to .

Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.

3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with .

After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.

Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

Correspondence <Xpage=326>

Cor`re*spond"ence (-sp?nd" e ns) , n. [Cf. F. correspondance .] 1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon.

To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.

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2. The letters which pass between correspondents.

3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

Correspondency <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"en*cy (k$r`r?--sp?nd" e n-s?) , n. ; pl. Correspondencies (-s<?/z) . Same as Correspondence , 3.

The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.

Correspondent <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"ent (- e nt) , a. [Cf. F. correspondant .] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker.

As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson.

I will be correspondent to command. Shak.

Correspondent <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"ent , n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.

Macualay.

2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

Correspondently <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"ent*ly , adv. In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.

Corresponding <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"ing , a. 1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers .

2. Carrying on intercourse by letters.

Corresponding member of a society , one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

Correspondingly <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spond"ing*ly , adv. In a corresponding manner; conformably.

Corresponsive <Xpage=327>

Cor`re*spon"sive (-r?-sp?n"s?v) , a. Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak . -- Cor`re*spon"sive*ly , adv .

Corridor <Xpage=327>

Cor"ri*dor (k?r"r?-d?r &or; -d?r) , n. [F., fr. Itt. corridpore , or Sp. corredor ; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See Course .]

1. (Arch.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]

Corrie <Xpage=327>

Cor"rie (k?r"r?) , n. Same as Correi . [Scot.]

Geikie.

Corrigendum <Xpage=327>

Cor`ri*gen"dum (k?r`r?-j?n"d?m) , n. ; pl. Corrigenda (-d<?/) . [L.] A fault or error to be corrected.

Corrigent <Xpage=327>

Cor"ri*gent (k?r"r?--j e nt) , n. [L. corrigens , p. pr. of corrigere to correct.] (Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action.

Dunglison.

Corrigibility <Xpage=327>

Cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty (-j?-b?l"?-t?) , n. Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.

Corrigible <Xpage=327>

Cor"ri*gi*ble (k?r"r?-j?-b'l) , a. [LL. corribilis , fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible . See Correrct .]

1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault .

2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his corrigible neck."

Shak.

3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.]

He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell.

4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.]

The . . . . corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. Shak.

Corrigibleness <Xpage=327>

Cor"ri*gi*ble*ness , n. The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.

Corrival <Xpage=327>

Cor*ri"val (k?r-r?"v a l) , n. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [R.]

Shak.

Corrival <Xpage=327>

Cor*ri"val , a. Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [R.]

Bp. Fleetwood.

Corrival <Xpage=327>

Cor*ri"val , v. i. & t. To compete with; to rival. [R.]

Corrivalry <Xpage=327>

Cor*ri"val*ry (k?r-r?"v a l-r?) , n. Corivalry. [R.]

Corrivalship <Xpage=327>

Cor*ri"val*ship , n. Corivalry. [R.]

By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend. Sir T. Herbert.

Corrivate <Xpage=327>

Cor"ri*vate (k?r"r?-v?t) , v. t. [L. corrivatus , p. p. of corrivare to corrivate.] To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [Obs.]

Burton.

Corrivation <Xpage=327>

Cor`ri*va"tion (-v?"sh?n) , n. [L. corrivatio .] The flowing of different streams into one. [Obs.]

Burton.

Corroborant <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*rant (k?r-r?b"?-r a nt) , a. [L. corroborans , p. pr. See Corroborate .] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon . -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic.

The brain, with its proper corroborants , especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.

Corroborate <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*rate (k?r-r?b"?-r?t) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r?`t?ng) . ] [L. corroboratus , p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust .] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts.

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor.

Corroborate <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*rate (-r?t) , a. Corroborated. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Corroboration <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob`o*ra"tion (k?r-r?b`?-r?"sh?n) , n. [Cf. F. corroboration .] 1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information .

2. That which corroborates.

Corroborative <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*ra*tive (k?r-r?b"?-r?-t?v) , a. [Cf. F. corroboratif .] Tending to strengthen of confirm.

Corroborative <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*ra*tive , n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.

Wiseman.

Corroboratory <Xpage=327>

Cor*rob"o*ra*to*ry (-t?-r?) , a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts .

Corrode <Xpage=327>

Cor*rode" (k?r-r?d") v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding .] [L. corrodere , -rosum ; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder . See Rodent .]

1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. Boyle.

2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

Corrode <Xpage=327>

Cor*rode" , v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Corroding lead , lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.

Corrodent <Xpage=327>

Cor*rod"ent (k?r-r?"d e nt) , a. [L. corrodens , p. pr. of corrodere .] Corrosive. [R.]

Bp. King.

Corrodent <Xpage=327>

Cor*rod"ent , n. Anything that corrodes.

Bp. King.

Corrodiate <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"di*ate (k?r-r?"d?-?t) , v. t. [See Corrode .] To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.]

Sandys.

Corrodibility <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro`di*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`d?-b?l"?-t?) , n. The qualityof being corrodible. [R.]

Johnson.

Corrodible <Xpage=327>

Cor*rod"i*ble (k?r-r?"d?-b'l) , a. Capable of being corroded; corrosible.

Sir T. Browne.

Corrosibility <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro`si*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`s?-b?l"?-t?) , n. Corrodibility. " Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness."

Boyle.

Corrosible <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"si*ble (k?r-r?"s?-b'l) , a. Corrodible.

Bailey.

Corrosibleness <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"si*ble*ness , n. The quality or state of being corrosible.

Bailey.

Corrosion <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"sion (k?r-r?"zh?n) , n. [LL. corrosio : cf. F. corrosion . See Corrode .] The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion .

Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.

Corrosive <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"sive (k?r-r?"s?v) , a. [Cf. F. corrosif .] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid . " Corrosive liquors." Grew . " Corrosive famine." Thomson .

2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

Care is no cure, but corrosive . Shak.

Corrosive sublimate (Chem.) , mercuric chloride, HgCl2 ; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride . It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.

Corrosive <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"sive , n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

[ Corrosives ] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.

2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives . Hooker.

-- Cor*ro"sive*ly , adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness , n.

Corroval <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"val (kr-r?"v a l) , n. A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.

Corrovaline <Xpage=327>

Cor*ro"va*line (-v?-l?n &or; -l?n) , n. (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart.

Corrugant <Xpage=327>

Cor"ru*gant (k?r"r?-g a nt) , a. [L. corrugans , p . pr . See Corrugate .] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.

Johnson.

Corrugate <Xpage=327>

Cor"ru*gate (k?r"r?-g?t) , a. [L. corrugatus , p. p. of corrugare ; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

Corrugate <Xpage=327>

Cor"ru*gate (-g?t) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Corrugated (-g?`t?d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrugating (-g?`t?ng) .] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead.

Corrugated iron , sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. -- Corrugated paper , a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.

Corrugation <Xpage=327>

Cor`ru*ga"tion (k?r`r?-g?"sh?n) , n. [Cf. F. corrugation .] The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

Corrugator <Xpage=327>

Cor"ru*ga`tor (k?r"r?-g?`t?r) , n. [NL.; cf. F. corrugateur .] (Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

Corrugent <Xpage=327>

Cor*ru"gent (k?r-r?"j e nt) , a. (Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [Obs.]

Corrump <Xpage=327>

Cor*rump" (k?r-r?mp") , v. t. [L. corrumpere .] To corrupt. See Corrupt . [Obs.]

Chauser.

Corrumpable <Xpage=327>

Cor*rump"a*ble (-?-b'l) , a. Corruptible. [Obs.]

Corrupt <Xpage=327>