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uncoˈrrect, ppl. a. and a.
[un-1 8 b, 7, 5 b.]
†1. = uncorrected ppl. a. Obs.
1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xvi. (1893) 165 We wolde that other that offendeth shulde be straitly correcte & our selfe more coulpable vncorrecte. 1553Respublica Prol. 51 That yls whiche long tyme have reigned vncorrecte shall nowe foreuer bee redressed with effecte.
2. = incorrect a.
1568Charteris Pref. Lyndesay's Wks. A j b, Quhat difference is betuix..correct and vncorrect Imprenting, salbe cleirlie sene. 1669Dryden Wild Gallant Pref. A 2 b, You have..receiv'd with Applause, as bad, and as uncorrect Playes from other Men. 1702Eng. Theophrast. 23 The Ancients, tho' generally uneven and uncorrect, have yet here and there some fine touches. 1752Salmon Universal Trav. i. viii. 20 Before the Missionaries taught them, their tables of eclipses were very uncorrect. |