correspondent (kores pond ent)

and n. [= D. Dan. Sw. kor respondent = G. correspon dent, As they have base fortunes, so have they base minds correspondent. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 215. Nor truly do I think the lives of these, or of any other, were ever correspondent , or in all points conformable unto their doctrines. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 55. Things which excite in us the pa ion of love, or some correspondent affection. Goldsmith, Criticisms. 21. Obedient; conformable in behavior. I will be correspondent to command, And do my spriting gently. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 1280 3t. Responsible. [Rare.] We are not correspondent for any but our owne places. Chapman, Widow's Tears, v. II. n. One who corresponds; one with whom intercourse, as of friendship or of busine , is carried on by letters or me ages; specifically, one who sends from a distance regular communications in epistolary form to a newspaper. A negligent correspondent. W. Melmoth, tr. of Cicero, xi. 26. We are not to wonder, if the prodigious hurry and flow of busine , and the immensely valuable transactions they had with each other, had greatly familiarised the Tyrians and Jews with their correspondents the Cushites and Shep corrivate corrie, corri (kor'i), n. [Also written correi; The graves of the slain are still to be seen in that little corri , or bottom, on the opposite side of the burn. Scott , Waverley, xvi. Corries are scooped out on the one hand, and naked precipices are left on the other. Geikie , Encyc. Brit., X. 374. A remarkable feature of the granite hills of Arran is the corries. They generally present the appearance of a volcanic crater, part of one side of which has disappeared. A. C. Ramsay , Geology of Arran, v. Corrigan's button, disease, pulse. See the Bruce , Source of the Nile, I. 472. corriget, v. t. [ME. corigen, corriger , herds on the coast of Africa. nouns. I am delighted to hear of your proposed tour, but not L. corrigere , correct: see correct.] To correct. so well pleased to be told that you expect to be bad corre spondents during your stay at Welsh inns. Macaulay, Life and Letters, I. 234. Special correspondent, a person employed by a newspaper to record from personal observation, and transmit for publication, items of local news from another place, at home or abroad, as the details of a battle, or circum stances of an expedition, etc. correspondential (kor" (kor"e-spon-den's hal), a. IMG:content-1352.png:[ocr errors] Chaucer. corrigendum (kor-i-jenʼdum), n.; pl. corrigenda (-da). [L., ger. of corrigere , correct: see cor- rect , v.] Something, especially a word or phrase in print, that is to be corrected or altered. corrigent (kor'i-jent), a. and n. gen(t-)s, ppr. of corrigere , correct: see correct , [ Pertaining to correspondence. [Rare.] The place being the head of Washington editorial and correspondential bureau for the Tribune, and of course one of much responsibility and influence. S. Bowles , in Merriam, I. 173. correspondently (kor-e-spon'dent-li), adv . In a corresponding manner. corresponding (kor-e-sponding), p . a . [Ppr. of correspond, v.] 1. Related by correspondence. (a) Similar in position or relation. See corre spond , 1. The religion spoken of in art becomes the Higher Paganism. What is the corresponding religion which stands related to conduct or morality as this religion is related to art? J. R. Seeley , Nat. Religion, p. 157. All the keys in the instrument, whether one or more octaves, have corresponding reeds and actuating magnets. G. B. Pre scott, Elect. Invent., p. 154. (b) Conformable; agreeing; accordant. And they converse on divers themes, to find If they po e a corresponding mind. Crabbe , Tales of the Hall. 2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. Cor- responding fluxions. See fluxion. Corresponding hemianopsia. See hemianopsia . - Corresponding member of a society, a member residing at a distance who corresponds with the society on its special subject, but gen- erally has no deliberative voice in its administration. Ab- breviated cor . mem . - Corresponding points, in math ., points of the He ian of a cubic curve whose tangents meet on the cubic. Cayley , 1857. - Corresponding sec- retary. See secretary . correspondingly (kor-e-spon'ding-li), adv. In a corresponding manner or degree. [ II. n. In med . , a corrective: specifically applied to an ingredient of a prescription designed to correct some undesirable effect of another ingredient.