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