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correption|kəˈrɛpʃən|
[ad. L. correptiōn-em, n. of action f. corripĕre: see prec.]
†1. Reprehension, reproof. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 292 Of charitable correpcion or reproving. 1382― 2 Pet. ii. 16 Sotheli he hadde correpcioun, or reprouyng, of his woodnesse. c1449Pecock Repr. 394 Thei wolden grucche..aȝens his correpciouns and reulingis. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) 1 Cor. x. 11 They are written for our correption. 1672H. Stubbe Justif. Dutch War 43 The obligation of fraternal correption and admonition. a1711Ken Edmund Poet Wks. 1721 II. 137 Correptions more upbraiding and severe. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) II. i. 34 The Virgin Mother..could not forbear expressing a gentle correption to him.
†2. A seizure. Obs. Cf. rapture.
1659Gauden Tears of Ch. 212 Sudden correptions, seizures, raptures of spirit. 1664Hammond Serm. Matt. x. 15 Wks. 1684 IV. 636 A sudden correption and depression of the mind.
3. Gram. Shortening in pronunciation.
1873Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue §632 The first syllable has been reduced to its present proportion by ‘correption’, if we may revive the very happy Latin term by which a shortened syllable was said to be seized or snatched. Ibid., The more liable to correption of its accented syllable. |