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correctory, a. and n. ? Obs.|kəˈrɛktərɪ|
[f. L. type *correctōri-us, f. corrector: see -ory.]
A. adj. Of the nature of a corrector or correction.
1620Venner Via Recta vii. 123 It..addeth..a correctory relish..vnto such [meats] as are hot and drie. 1757J. Dalrymple Ess. Hist. Feudal Prop. (1758) 119 The statute..being correctory of the common law. 1842Blackw. Mag. LII. 61 This new edition does not profess to give any correctory annotations.
B. n.
†1. A corrective: see corrective B. 1. Obs.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 661 They may be taken with other Correctories. 1620Venner Via Recta iii. 67 Pepper is the best correctory for it.
†2. An emendatory treatise or work. Obs.
1611T. James Corrupt. Scripture iv. (1612) 89 Heereof in my Correctorie of S. Gregory, if God wil. |