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Webster 1913 Edition
Corrective
Cor-rect′ive
(k?rr-r?k′t?v)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
correctif
.] 1.
Having the power to correct; tending to rectify;
as,
. corrective
penaltiesMulberries are pectoral,
corrective
of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.
2.
Qualifying; limiting.
“The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.” Holdsworth.
Cor-rect′ive
,Noun.
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 conductBurke.
2.
Limitation; restriction.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corrective
CORRECTIVE
,Adj.
Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali.
CORRECTIVE
,Noun.
1.
That which has the power of correcting; that which has the quality of altering or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.2.
Limitation; restriction. [Little used.]