Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COR-REL'A-TIVE-LY, adv.

In a correlative relation.

COR-REL'A-TIVE-NESS, n.

The state of being correlative.

COR-REP'TION, n. [L. corripio.]

Chiding; reproof; reprimand. – Hammond.

COR-RE-SPOND', v.t. [It. corrispondere; Fr. correspondre; Sp. corresponder; from L. con and respondeo, to answer; re and spondeo, to promise. See Sponsor.]

1. To suit; to answer; to agree; to fit; to be congruous; to be adapted to. Levity of manners does not correspond with the dignity of the clerical character. The length of a room should correspond with the breadth. Actions should correspond with words.
2. To be equal; to be adequate or proportioned. Let the means of prosecuting a war correspond with the magnitude of the contest.
3. To communicate by letters sent and received; to hold intercourse with a person at a distance by sending and receiving letters. We delight to correspond with those we love and respect.

COR-RE-SPOND'ENCE, or COR-RE-SPOND'EN-CY, n.

1. Relation; fitness; congruity; mutual adaptation of one thing to another. There is no correspondence between a polite education and clownish manners.
2. Intercourse between persons at a distance, by means of letters sent and answers received. The ministers of the two courts have had a correspondence on the subject of commerce. Hence,
3. The letters which pass between correspondents. The correspondence of the ministers is published.
4. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of offices or civilities; connection. Let military persons hold good correspondence with the other great men in the state. – Bacon.

COR-RE-SPOND'ENT, a.

Suitable; fit; congruous; agreeable; answerable; adapted. Let behavior be correspondent to profession, and both be correspondent to good morals.

COR-RE-SPOND'ENT, n.

One who corresponds; one with whom an intercourse is carried on by letters or messages. When A. is the correspondent of B., B. is the correspondent of A.

COR-RE-SPOND'ENT-LY, adv.

In a corresponding manner.

COR-RE-SPOND'ING, ppr.

1. Carrying on intercourse by letters.
2. adj. Answering; agreeing.

COR-RE-SPON'SIVE, a.

Answerable; adapted. – Shak.

COR-RE-SPONS'IVE-LY, adv.

In a corresponding manner.

COR'RI-DOR, n. [Fr.; Sp. corredor, from correr; It. correre; L. curro, to run, to flow. The termination dor may perhaps be the L. tor, as in curator, cursitor. Corridor signifies a runner; hence, a running, flowing, or long line.]

1. In architecture, a gallery or long aisle round a building, leading to several chambers at a distance from each other. – Harris.
2. In fortification, the covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. – Harris.

COR-RI-GEN'DA, n. [plur. L.]

Words to be altered for correction.

COR'RI-GI-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. corrigo, to correct.]

1. That may be set right, or amended; as, a corrigible defect.
2. That may be reformed; as, the young man may be corrigible.
3. Punishable; that may be chastised for correction. He was adjudged corrigible for abusive words.

COR'RI-GI-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being corrigible.

COR-RI'VAL, n.

A fellow rival; a competitor. More correctly co-rival, which see.

COR'RI-VATE, v.t. [L. con and rivus.]

To draw water out of several streams into one. [Little used.] – Burton.

COR-RI-VA'TION, n.

The running of different streams into one. [Not much used.] – Burton.

COR-ROB'O-RANT, a. [See Corroborate.]

Strengthening; having the power or quality of giving strength; as, a corroborant medicine.

COR-ROB'O-RANT, n.

A medicine that strengthens the human body when weak.

COR-ROB'O-RATE, v.t. [L. corroboro; con and roboro, to strengthen, from robur, strength. Class Rb.]

1. To strengthen; to make strong, or to give additional strength to; as, to corroborate the nerves; corroborate the judgment, authority, or habits. – Watts. Wotton.
2. To confirm; to make more certain. The news was doubtful, but is corroborated by recent advices.

COR-ROB'O-RA-TED, pp.

Strengthened; confirmed; rendered more certain.

COR-ROB'O-RA-TING, ppr.

Strengthening; giving firmness or additional assurance.

COR-ROB-O-RA'TION, n.

The act of strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength, assurance, or security; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of intelligence.

COR-ROB'O-RA-TIVE, a.

Having the power of giving strength, or additional strength; tending to confirm.