資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Correcting}.]
   1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice,
      or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or
      principles.

            This is a defect in the first make of some men's
            minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards.
                                                  --T. Burnet.

   2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend;
      to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark
      upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the
      type the changes so marked).

   3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in
      morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from
      moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child
      should be corrected for lying.

            My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct
            him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his
            knees he would be even with me.       --Shak.

   4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of
      another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to
      correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline
      preparations.

   Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise;
        punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}.