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Webster 1913 Edition

Correct

Cor-rect′

(kôr-rĕkt′)
,
Adj.
[L.
correctus
, p. p. of
corrigere
to make straight, to correct;
cor-
+
regere
to lead straight: cf. F.
correct
. See
Regular
,
Right
, and cf.
Escort
.]
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error;
as,
correct
behavior;
correct
views
.
Syn. – Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See
Accurate
.

Cor-rect′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corrected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Correcting
.]
1.
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.
2.
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)
.
3.
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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See
Amend
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Correct

CORRECT

,
Adj.
[L., to set right; right, straight. See Right.] Literally, set right, or made straight. Hence, right; conformable to truth, rectitude or propriety, or conformable to a just standard; not faulty; free from error. A correct edition of a book is exactly according to the original copy. Correct manners correspond with the rules of morality and received notions of decorum. Correct principles coincide with the truth. Correct language is agreeable to established usage.

CORRECT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. See Right.]
1.
To make right; to rectify; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; as, to correct manners or principles. Hence,
2.
To amend; to remove or retrench faults or errors; to set right; as, to correct a book; to correct a copy for the press; or in printing, to correct the press, or errors of the press.
3.
To bring back or attempt to bring back to propriety in morals; to punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest. Proverbs 29.
4.
To obviate or remove whatever is wrong or inconvenient; to reduce or change the qualities of any thing by mixture, or other application; to counteract whatever is injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations; to correct the relaxing quality of water by boiling it with animal substances.

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