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Cor*rect"ive (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
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1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
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Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.
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2. Qualifying; limiting. “The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.” Holdsworth.
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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.
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2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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