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Webster 1913 Edition
Corrigible
Cor′ri-gi-ble
(k?r′r?-j?-b’l)
, Adj.
1.
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed;
as, a
. corrigible
fault2.
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Corrigible
CORRIGIBLE
,Adj.
1.
That may be set right, or amended; as a corrigible defect.2.
That may be reformed; as, the young man may be corrigible.3.
Punishable; that may be chastised for correction. He was adjudged corrigible for abusive words.