corrigible (korijibl)

[ Provided allway, that yf ony of the said articlis be contrary to the liberte of the said cite, or old custumes of the same, thath hit be reformabyll and corrigabill by the Mayre, Bailiffs, and the comen counsayle of the citee. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 337. A Turn of Stile, or Expre ion more Correct, or at least more Corrigible , than in those which I have formerly written. Congreve , Way of the World, Ded. 2. Capable of being reformed in character or conduct: as, a corrigible sinner.-31. Punishable; that may be chastised for correction. He was. adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous Howell, Vocall For rest. language. 4t. Having power to correct; corrective. The power and corrigible authority of this lies in our Shak., Othello, i. 3. Do I not bear a reasonable corrigible hand over him? B. Jonson, Poetaster, ii. 1. wills. Reflecting that if the tradesmen were knaves, the gentle corrigible ne (kor'i-ji-bl-nes), n. The charac men were correspondingly fools. Froude, Sketches, p. 243.