Meaning of CORRECTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ku'rektiv
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- [n] a device for treating injury or disease
- [adj] tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
- [adj] designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
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| | Synonyms: | | bettering, disciplinal, disciplinary, nonindulgent, restorative |
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| | See Also: | | device, face pack, pack, pick-me-up, pickup, prosthesis, prosthetic device | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as,
corrective penalties.
Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious
alkali. --Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. ``The Psalmist interposeth . . .
this corrective particle.'' --Holdsworth.
\Cor*rect"ive\, n.
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
conduct. --Burke.
2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
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