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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Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty..
Grey :: Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography).
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section..
Misinfer :: Misinfer (v. t.) To infer incorrectly.
Corrupt :: Corrupt (a.) Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt..
Correctly :: Correctly (adv.) In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
Correctify :: Correctify (v. t.) To correct.
Scribble :: Scribble (v. t.) To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) 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..
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement..
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Moralist :: Moralist (n.) One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.
Approximation :: Approximation (n.) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
Misaffirm :: Misaffirm (v. t.) To affirm incorrectly.
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc..
Misedition :: Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.
Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..
Correcting :: Correcting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correc.
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..
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