Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COR-RECT'IVE
COR-RECT'IVE, a.
Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali. – Arbuthnot.
Return to page 255 of the letter “C”.