Correspondent Cor`reˇspond"ent (-
e nt)
adjective [ Confer F.
correspondant .]
Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
Hooker.
As fast the correspondent passions rise.
Thomson.
I will be correspondent to command.
Shak.
Correspondent Cor`reˇspond"ent noun 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macaulay. 2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. 3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.
Correspondently Cor`reˇspond"entˇly adverb In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.
Corresponding Cor`reˇspond"ing adjective 1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers. 2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. Corresponding member of a society ,
one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.
Correspondingly Cor`reˇspond"ingˇly adverb In a corresponding manner; conformably.
Corresponsive Cor`reˇspon"sive adjective Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. --
Cor`re*spon"sive*ly ,
adverb
Corridor Cor"riˇdor noun [ French, from Itt.
corridpore , or Spanish
corredor ; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, from Latin
currere to run. See
Course .]
1. (Architecture) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house. 2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [ R.]
Corridor train Cor"riˇdor train A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open. [ Eng.]
Corrie Cor"rie noun Same as Correi . [ Scot.]
Geikie.
Corrigendum Cor`riˇgen"dum noun ;
plural Corrigenda (- d...). [ Latin ]
A fault or error to be corrected.
Corrigent Cor"riˇgent noun [ Latin
corrigens , present participle of
corrigere to correct.]
(Medicine) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.
Corrigibility Cor`riˇgiˇbil"iˇty noun Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
Corrigible Cor"riˇgiˇble adjective [ Late Latin
corribilis , from Latin
corrigere to correct: confer French
corrigible . See
Correrct .]
1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. 2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his
corrigible neck."
Shak. 3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [ Obsolete]
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
Howell.
4. Having power to correct; corrective. [ Obsolete]
The . . . . corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Shak.
Corrigibleness Cor"riˇgiˇbleˇness noun The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.
Corrival Corˇri"val noun A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [ R.]
Shak.
Corrival Corˇri"val adjective Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [ R.]
Bp. Fleetwood.
Corrival Corˇri"val intransitive verb & t. To compete with; to rival. [ R.]
Corrivalry Corˇri"valˇry noun Corivalry. [ R.]
Corrivalship Corˇri"valˇship noun Corivalry. [ R.]
By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend.
Sir T. Herbert.
Corrivate Cor"riˇvate transitive verb [ Latin
corrivatus , past participle of
corrivare to corrivate.]
To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Corrivation Cor`riˇva"tion noun [ Latin
corrivatio .]
The flowing of different streams into one. [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Corroborant Corˇrob"oˇrant adjective [ Latin
corroborans , present participle See
Corroborate .]
Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. --
noun Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. The brain, with its proper corroborants , especially with sweet odors and with music.
Southey.
Corroborate Corˇrob"oˇrate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corroborated (-r?`t?d);
present participle & verbal noun Corroborating (-r?`t?ng). ] [ Latin
corroboratus , past participle of
corroborare to corroborate;
cor- +
roborare to strengthen,
robur strength. See
Robust .]
1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [ Obsolete]
As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
I. Watts.
2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.
I. Taylor.
Corroborate Corˇrob"oˇrate adjective Corroborated. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Corroboration Corˇrob`oˇra"tion noun [ Confer French
corroboration .]
1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information. 2. That which corroborates.
Corroborative Corˇrob"oˇraˇtive adjective [ Confer F.
corroboratif .]
Tending to strengthen of confirm.
Corroborative Corˇrob"oˇraˇtive noun A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.
Corroboratory Corˇrob"oˇraˇtoˇry adjective Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.
Corroboree Corˇrob"oˇree` noun [ Also
corrobboree ,
corrobori , etc.] [ Native name.]
1. A nocturnal festivity with which the Australian aborigines celebrate tribal events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians. 2. A song or chant made for such a festivity. 3. A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character; hence, tumult; uproar. [ Australia]
Corrobory Corˇrob"oˇry noun & v. See Corroboree .
Corrode Corˇrode" (k?r-r?d")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corroded ;
present participle & verbal noun Corroding .] [ Latin
corrodere ,
- rosum ;
cor +
rodere to gnaw: confer French
corroder . See
Rodent .]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution.
Boyle.
2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Corrode Corˇrode" intransitive verb To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead ,
lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding. Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Corrodent Corˇrod"ent adjective [ Latin
corrodens , present participle of
corrodere .]
Corrosive. [ R.]
Bp. King.
Corrodent Corˇrod"ent noun Anything that corrodes. Bp. King.
Corrodiate Corˇro"diˇate transitive verb [ See
Corrode .]
To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [ Obsolete]
Sandys.
Corrodibility Corˇro`diˇbil"iˇty noun The quality of being corrodible. [ R.]
Johnson.
Corrodible Corˇrod"iˇble adjective Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne.
Corrosibility Corˇro`siˇbil"iˇty noun Corrodibility. "
Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness."
Boyle.
Corrosible Corˇro"siˇble adjective Corrodible. Bailey.
Corrosibleness Corˇro"siˇbleˇness noun The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.
Corrosion Corˇro"sion noun [ Late Latin
corrosio : confer French
corrosion . See
Corrode .]
The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion . Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum.
John Quincy.
Corrosive Corˇro"sive adjective [ Confer French
corrosif .]
1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "
Corrosive liquors."
Grew. "
Corrosive famine."
Thomson. 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Care is no cure, but corrosive .
Shak.
Corrosive sublimate (Chemistry) ,
mercuric chloride, HgCl 2 ; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride . It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.
Corrosive Corˇro"sive noun 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [ Corrosives ] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene.
Dunglison.
2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives .
Hooker.
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Cor*ro"sive*ly ,
adverb --
Cor*ro"sive*ness ,
noun
Corroval Corˇro"val noun A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
Corrovaline Corˇro"vaˇline noun (Chemistry) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart.
Corrugant Cor"ruˇgant adjective [ Latin
corrugans , present participle See
Corrugate .]
Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.
Corrugate Cor"ruˇgate adjective [ Latin
corrugatus , past participle of
corrugare ;
cor-+ rugare to wrinkle,
ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.]
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
Corrugate Cor"ruˇgate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Corrugated (-g?`t?d);
present participle & verbal noun Corrugating (-g?`t?ng).]
To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. Corrugated iron ,
sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. --
Corrugated paper ,
a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.
Corrugation Cor`ruˇga"tion noun [ Confer F.
corrugation .]
The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
Corrugator Cor"ruˇga`tor noun [ New Latin ; confer French
corrugateur .]
(Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.
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