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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Limitation; restriction. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
[gǎn huà, ㄍㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 感化] corrective influence; to reform (a criminal); redemption (of a sinner); to influence (a malefactor to a better life); to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example #31,010[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Corrective \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
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1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as,
corrective penalties.
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Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious
alkali. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this
corrective particle." --Holdsworth.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corrective
adj 1: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was
corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal
measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn:
{corrective}, {disciplinary}, {disciplinal}]
2: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a
normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
n 1: a device for treating injury or disease [syn: {corrective},
{restorative}]
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