adj. & v.
--adj.
1. true, right, accurate.
2 (of conduct, manners, etc.) proper, right.
3 in accordance with good standards of taste etc.
--v.tr.
1. set right; amend (an error, omission, etc., or the person responsible for it).
2 mark the errors in (written or printed work etc.).
3 substitute the right thing for (the wrong one).
4 a admonish or rebuke (a person). b punish (a person or fault).
5 counteract (a harmful quality).
6 adjust (an instrument etc.) to function accurately or accord with a standard.
Derivatives:
correctly adv. correctness n.
Etymology: ME (adj. through F) f. L corrigere correct- (as COM-, regere guide)