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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [1913 Webster]

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." --Holdsworth. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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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: disciplinary, disciplinal]
2: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"

noun

a device for treating injury or disease [syn: restorative]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Corrective \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.]

--Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)