Definition of correct

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Correct (v. t.) 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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Orient :: Orient (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Best :: Best (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject..
Teinoscope :: Teinoscope (n.) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
Orthographer :: Orthographer (n.) One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.
Supplement :: Supplement (v. t.) That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors..
Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches..
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc..
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To emend; to correct.
Misrepresent :: Misrepresent (v. t.) To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly..
Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..
Order :: Order (n.) Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order..
Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..
Orthometry :: Orthometry (n.) The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Approximation :: Approximation (n.) An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc..
Saturant :: Saturant (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach..
Ye :: Ye () an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the y being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
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