correctiveadj.n.

Brit.

/kəˈrɛktɪv/, U.S.

/kəˈrɛktɪv/

Etymology: < French correctif, -ive, < Latin correct- participial stem + -ive suffix.

A. adj.

a. Having the property or function of correcting or setting right what is erroneous or faulty, or of producing amendment; tending to correct. Esp. in corrective training (see quots.). So corrective trainee.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective]

remediousa1450

amendablea1500

amending1551

reparative1582

corrigible1602

corrective1603

remediate1608

remedial1612

amendful1639

reparatory1648

curative1658

relevant1676

correcting1692

correctory1758

redeeming1827

rectificatory1851

rectificative1863

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > corrective training

corrective training1938

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > sentenced to corrective training

corrective trainee1963

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. x. 604 Somewhat an heretike: Incapable of innovations, though corrective [Fr. mesme correctifve].

a1613 E. Brerewood Learned Treat. Sabaoth (1630) 14 The law of nations..alloweth..Masters over their servants..not only a directiue, but a correctiue and coactiue power.

1642 R. Holdsworth Serm. His Majesties Inaug. 27 The Psalmist interposeth a caution in this corrective particle, Yea, Happy.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxv. 237 If my afflictions are sent me for corrective ends.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. viii. 108 The penalty..is, in the first instance, corrective, not penal.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 46 Utility..has been the great corrective principle in law, in politics.

1892 Form D, Inl. Revenue Corrective Affidavit in connection with the Stamp Duties on Probates.

1938 Bill 2 & 3 Geo. VI (Public Bills II) 4. §16 Persons sentenced to corrective training..shall be allocated to a prison..and be given such employment and subjected to such methods of training and discipline as may be best fitted to lead to their reformation.

1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 93 A Criminal Justice Bill... Two new types of prison sentences were proposed. One was called ‘corrective training’, and was to be for not less than two and not more than four years for persons between 21 and 30.

1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ii. 30 Among the recalcitrant corrective trainees there are some who claim they are being denied the ‘right to be trained’.

b. In corrective justice, a rendering of Aristotle's διορθωτικὸν δίκαιον, also rendered commutative justice (see commutative adj. 1b); but by Hooker distinguished from this, and apparently used in sense ‘castigatory, punitive’.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific

communicative justicea1513

commutative justice1531

corrective justice1531

distributive justice1531

retributive justice1619

expletive justice1652

expletory justice1654

poetical justice1678

poetic justice1691

retributivism1954

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Aristotelianism > elements of > elements of Aristotelian ethics

magnificence1340

commutative justice1531

corrective justice1531

distributive justice1531

magnanimity1598

megalopsychia1962

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. i. sig. Xvii^v Justice..is..described in two kyndes or spices: the one is named iustyce distributiue..the other is called commutatiue or by exchaunge. And of Aristotell it is named in Greeke Diorthotice, whiche is in englysshe correctiue.

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride in Wks. (1841) III. 620 The several kinds of justice, distributive, commutative, and corrective.

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride in Wks. (1841) III. 637 So unappeasable is the rigour and dirity of his corrective justice.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 120 in Justice Vindicated Nor is that corrective and distributive justice, which Aristotle affirmed to be in Arithmetical, and in Geometrical proportion.

1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 493 Corrective or Reparative Justice takes no account of persons.

2. Having the property of counteracting or neutralizing the ill effect of something hurtful or unpleasant; or of restoring to a healthy condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting

corrective1541

correctory1620

counterbalancing1651

counterpoising1653

neutralizing1784

countervailing1793

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [adjective]

repugnant?a1425

theriacc1440

corrective1541

antidotary1599

theriacal1603

alexitery1604

alexipharmacal1608

alexipharmatical1608

alexipharmical1608

alexiterial1608

antidotical1608

bezoardicala1644

antidotal1646

alexipharmic1659

alexipharmac1661

alexiterical1665

bezoardic1671

alexiteric1696

alexiterian1775

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 71 b Untill that humour be expelled, the diete muste be corrective of that humour.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B2 This correctiue spice, the mixture whereof maketh knowledge so soueraigne, is Charitie.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 246 Mulberries, pectoral, corrective of the bilious Alkali.

1893 N.E.D. at Corrective Mod. Advt., These corrective Pills are the best remedy for all defective action of the digestive organs.

B. n. [Elliptical uses of the adj.]

1. Something that has the property of counter-acting or neutralizing what is harmful; that which restores to a healthy state. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun]

atterlothec1000

treacle1340

theriaclec1400

theriacc1440

mithridate1528

antidote1543

counter-poison1548

pazar1563

antidotary1583

alexipharmac1585

alexipharmacum1590

bezoar1597

alexitery1604

corrector1605

counterbane1605

alexipharmacal1608

correctory1608

corrective1612

alexipharmic1628

alexiteric1655

deletery1657

obsistent1657

vincetoxic1658

bezoardic1671

alexiterial1673

alexiterian1681

therial1912

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist Prol. sig. A4^v No spirit so much diseas'd, But will, with such fayre Correctiues, be pleas'd.

a1631 J. Donne To Sir H. Wootton in Poems Do not adde Correctives, but as Chymikes, purge the bad.

1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. ii. xi. 113 The Natives..take a large Dose of Aqua Vitæ for a Corrective.

1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 25 It is not enough to ease the part pained, we must..apply general Correctives.

1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xvii. 252 We take..some varieties of fruit as a corrective.

2. Something that tends to set right what is wrong, to remove or counteract an evil, etc. (Usually with more or less allusion to sense A. 1) Const. of or to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which

corrector1377

mendera1382

physiciana1398

amenderc1405

redresserc1449

corrigiour1474

repairer?1504

redressc1530

remeder1535

righter1566

rectifier1607

redressor1643

corrective1768

renovator1827

readjuster1850

Mr Fixit1924

fixer-upper1932

1768 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 5) I. Pref. p. xvi I had supplied a proper corrective to this.

1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life viii. 150 These calm correctives of a father's hand.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 499 Patriotism is a corrective of superstition.

1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay i. 8 His disproportionate partiality for the lighter sides of literature met with no corrective at Cambridge.

a. Something that acts so as to correct what is erroneous or mistaken. (Const. as in A. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > a means of

corrector1603

reparativea1639

corrective1854

1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 152 The criticism of memory as a corrective to first impressions.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 42 The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of long-standing error.

†b. A modification introduced to remove error or inaccuracy; a correction. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > instance of

redress1578

correctivea1676

revision1800

amends1888

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 34 Such an instance..that with certain correctives and exceptions may give some kind of Explication.

1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 11 This corrective ought to be applied to all general balances of our trade, which are formed on the ordinary principles.

Derivatives

coˈrrectively adv. in a corrective manner; by way of correction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb]

correctively1627

remediously1659

remedially1742

correctingly1887

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 282 Rule of moderation correctiuely annexed.

1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 374 God will co-work invigoratively, correctively, and directively.

1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot III. viii. 118 ‘Much’ said Salome correctively.

coˈrrectiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > quality of

correctiveness1838

1838 G. S. Faber Answer Husenbeth 24 Mr. Husenbeth's organ of critical correctiveness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corrective
释义	correctiveadj.n. Brit. /kəˈrɛktɪv/, U.S. /kəˈrɛktɪv/ Etymology: < French correctif, -ive, < Latin correct- participial stem + -ive suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Having the property or function of correcting or setting right what is erroneous or faulty, or of producing amendment; tending to correct. Esp. in corrective training (see quots.). So corrective trainee. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] remediousa1450 amendablea1500 amending1551 reparative1582 corrigible1602 corrective1603 remediate1608 remedial1612 amendful1639 reparatory1648 curative1658 relevant1676 correcting1692 correctory1758 redeeming1827 rectificatory1851 rectificative1863 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > corrective training corrective training1938 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > sentenced to corrective training corrective trainee1963 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. x. 604 Somewhat an heretike: Incapable of innovations, though corrective [Fr. mesme correctifve]. a1613 E. Brerewood Learned Treat. Sabaoth (1630) 14 The law of nations..alloweth..Masters over their servants..not only a directiue, but a correctiue and coactiue power. 1642 R. Holdsworth Serm. His Majesties Inaug. 27 The Psalmist interposeth a caution in this corrective particle, Yea, Happy. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxv. 237 If my afflictions are sent me for corrective ends. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. viii. 108 The penalty..is, in the first instance, corrective, not penal. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 46 Utility..has been the great corrective principle in law, in politics. 1892 Form D, Inl. Revenue Corrective Affidavit in connection with the Stamp Duties on Probates. 1938 Bill 2 & 3 Geo. VI (Public Bills II) 4. §16 Persons sentenced to corrective training..shall be allocated to a prison..and be given such employment and subjected to such methods of training and discipline as may be best fitted to lead to their reformation. 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 93 A Criminal Justice Bill... Two new types of prison sentences were proposed. One was called ‘corrective training’, and was to be for not less than two and not more than four years for persons between 21 and 30. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ii. 30 Among the recalcitrant corrective trainees there are some who claim they are being denied the ‘right to be trained’. b. In corrective justice, a rendering of Aristotle's διορθωτικὸν δίκαιον, also rendered commutative justice (see commutative adj. 1b); but by Hooker distinguished from this, and apparently used in sense ‘castigatory, punitive’. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific communicative justicea1513 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 retributive justice1619 expletive justice1652 expletory justice1654 poetical justice1678 poetic justice1691 retributivism1954 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Aristotelianism > elements of > elements of Aristotelian ethics magnificence1340 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 magnanimity1598 megalopsychia1962 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. i. sig. Xvii^v Justice..is..described in two kyndes or spices: the one is named iustyce distributiue..the other is called commutatiue or by exchaunge. And of Aristotell it is named in Greeke Diorthotice, whiche is in englysshe correctiue. a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride in Wks. (1841) III. 620 The several kinds of justice, distributive, commutative, and corrective. a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride in Wks. (1841) III. 637 So unappeasable is the rigour and dirity of his corrective justice. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 120 in Justice Vindicated Nor is that corrective and distributive justice, which Aristotle affirmed to be in Arithmetical, and in Geometrical proportion. 1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 493 Corrective or Reparative Justice takes no account of persons. 2. Having the property of counteracting or neutralizing the ill effect of something hurtful or unpleasant; or of restoring to a healthy condition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting corrective1541 correctory1620 counterbalancing1651 counterpoising1653 neutralizing1784 countervailing1793 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [adjective] repugnant?a1425 theriacc1440 corrective1541 antidotary1599 theriacal1603 alexitery1604 alexipharmacal1608 alexipharmatical1608 alexipharmical1608 alexiterial1608 antidotical1608 bezoardicala1644 antidotal1646 alexipharmic1659 alexipharmac1661 alexiterical1665 bezoardic1671 alexiteric1696 alexiterian1775 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 71 b Untill that humour be expelled, the diete muste be corrective of that humour. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B2 This correctiue spice, the mixture whereof maketh knowledge so soueraigne, is Charitie. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 246 Mulberries, pectoral, corrective of the bilious Alkali. 1893 N.E.D. at Corrective Mod. Advt., These corrective Pills are the best remedy for all defective action of the digestive organs. B. n. [Elliptical uses of the adj.] 1. Something that has the property of counter-acting or neutralizing what is harmful; that which restores to a healthy state. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] atterlothec1000 treacle1340 theriaclec1400 theriacc1440 mithridate1528 antidote1543 counter-poison1548 pazar1563 antidotary1583 alexipharmac1585 alexipharmacum1590 bezoar1597 alexitery1604 corrector1605 counterbane1605 alexipharmacal1608 correctory1608 corrective1612 alexipharmic1628 alexiteric1655 deletery1657 obsistent1657 vincetoxic1658 bezoardic1671 alexiterial1673 alexiterian1681 therial1912 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist Prol. sig. A4^v No spirit so much diseas'd, But will, with such fayre Correctiues, be pleas'd. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne To Sir H. Wootton in Poems Do not adde Correctives, but as Chymikes, purge the bad. 1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. ii. xi. 113 The Natives..take a large Dose of Aqua Vitæ for a Corrective. 1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 25 It is not enough to ease the part pained, we must..apply general Correctives. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xvii. 252 We take..some varieties of fruit as a corrective. 2. Something that tends to set right what is wrong, to remove or counteract an evil, etc. (Usually with more or less allusion to sense A. 1) Const. of or to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which corrector1377 mendera1382 physiciana1398 amenderc1405 redresserc1449 corrigiour1474 repairer?1504 redressc1530 remeder1535 righter1566 rectifier1607 redressor1643 corrective1768 renovator1827 readjuster1850 Mr Fixit1924 fixer-upper1932 1768 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 5) I. Pref. p. xvi I had supplied a proper corrective to this. 1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life viii. 150 These calm correctives of a father's hand. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 499 Patriotism is a corrective of superstition. 1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay i. 8 His disproportionate partiality for the lighter sides of literature met with no corrective at Cambridge. 3. a. Something that acts so as to correct what is erroneous or mistaken. (Const. as in A. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > a means of corrector1603 reparativea1639 corrective1854 1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 152 The criticism of memory as a corrective to first impressions. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 42 The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of long-standing error. †b. A modification introduced to remove error or inaccuracy; a correction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > instance of redress1578 correctivea1676 revision1800 amends1888 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 34 Such an instance..that with certain correctives and exceptions may give some kind of Explication. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 11 This corrective ought to be applied to all general balances of our trade, which are formed on the ordinary principles. Derivatives coˈrrectively adv. in a corrective manner; by way of correction. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb] correctively1627 remediously1659 remedially1742 correctingly1887 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 282 Rule of moderation correctiuely annexed. 1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 374 God will co-work invigoratively, correctively, and directively. 1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot III. viii. 118 ‘Much’ said Salome correctively. coˈrrectiveness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > quality of correctiveness1838 1838 G. S. Faber Answer Husenbeth 24 Mr. Husenbeth's organ of critical correctiveness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1531
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