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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Emendately :: Emendately (adv.) Without fault; correctly.
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Having power to correct; corrective.
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art..
Correctness :: Correctness (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..
Inaccurately :: Inaccurately (adv.) In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
Emend :: Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..
Diorthotic :: Diorthotic (a.) Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.
Incorrectness :: Incorrectness (n.) The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..
Exactly :: Exactly (adv.) In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely..
Correctioner :: Correctioner (n.) One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction..
Correct :: Correct (a.) 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..
Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Qualifying; limiting.
Inorthography :: Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.
Correctable :: Correctable (a.) Capable of being corrected.
Fresco :: Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner..
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
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