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单词 correctible
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correctibleadj.

Etymology: < correct v. + -ible suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: coˈrrectible.
= correctable adj.; also applied to a typewriter ribbon whose mistakes can be corrected by overtyping with a correcting tape. (Less frequent than correctable.)
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be > specifically of faults or weaknesses
repairable1489
correctablea1661
corrigible1673
correctible1889
society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [adjective] > of typewriter ribbon, corrects by overtyping
correctible1983
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1904 Southwestern Reporter 77 404/1 The exercise of such discretion is reviewable on appeal, and correctible in cases of abuse.
1978 Washington Post 18 Jan. d16/3 There was ‘nothing identifiable or correctible’ that could be done to change the decision by Mobil's board of directors.
1983 Your Computer (Austral.) Nov. 53/2 For really top-notch presentation-style output.., I use the yellow-coded correctible carbon ribbon with its ‘yellow’ lift-off correcting tape.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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