correspond 
4. To communicate by moans of letters sent 3f. Responsible. 
and received ; hold intercourse with a person 
at a distance by sending and receiving letters : 
absolutely or followed by with. 
An officer 
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[Rare.] 
we are not com 
Kose up and read the statutes, such as these : 
Not for three years to correspond with home, . . . 
Hot for three years to speak with any men. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
5\. To hold communion : followed by with. 
Self-knowing ; and from thence 
espondent 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 business, is 
carried on by letters or messages ; specifically, 
one who sends from a distance regular commu- 
nications in epistolary form to a newspaper. 
A negligent correspondent. 
W. Uelmath, tr. of Cicero, xi. 26. 
We are not to wonder, if the prodigious hurry and flow 
_, , . , -. -rj tt t? arc IIUL vu wuiuici, BMW IJUJUI^IUUD nij * 
Magnanimous to correspond wMHe&veu.^ ^ ^ of bng j nes8i and the immensely valuable transactions they 
Syn. (Of correspond to.) To suit, answer to, accord with, 
harmonize with, tally with, comport with. 
correspondence (kor-e-spon'dens), re. [= D. 
korresjiondentie = G. correspondent = Dan. Cor- 
respondents, < F. correspondance = Sp. Pg. cor- 
rcspondencia = It. corrispondenea, < ML. *cor- 
respondentia, < "correspondents, ppr. : see cor- 
respondent.] 1. A relation of parallelism, or 
similarity in position and relation. See corre- 
spondent, a., 1, and correspond, 1. 
corrivate 
COrrie, com (kor'i), n. [Also written corn-i ; 
< Gael, corracli, steep, precipitous, abrupt.] A 
hollow space or excavation in the side of a hill. 
See comb 3 . [Scotch.] 
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. 
Carries are scooped out on the one hand, and naked pre- 
cipices are left on the other. Geikie., Encyc. Brit., X. 374. 
A remarkable feature of the granite hills of Arran is the 
carries. . . . They generally present the appearance of a 
volcanic crater, part of one side of which has disappeared. 
A. C. liamsay, Geology of Arran, v. 
Corrigan's button, disease, pulse. See the 
nouns. 
JOrriget, <' t. [ME. corigen, < OF. corriger, < 
L. corrigere, correct: see correct.] To correct. 
Chaucer. 
herds on the coast of Africa. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 472. 
I am delighted to hear of your proposed tour, but not 
so well pleased to be told that you expect to be bad corre- 
students during yourjUyrt Welsh inns. ^^ ^ ^ corrigendum (ko r-i. je n'dum), . ; pi. corrigenda 
Special correspondent, a person employed by a news- (-da). [L., ger. of corrigere correct: see cor- 
paper to record from personal observation, and transmit rect, V.] Something, especially a word orpnrase 
for publication, items of local news from another place, j n print, that is to be corrected or altered, 
at home or abroad as the details of a battle, or circnm. corr ijr e nt (kor'i-jent), a. and n. [< L. corri- 
.tances of an expedition, etc, gcn(t-)s, ppr. of corrigere, correct: see correct, 
t'.] I. a. In med., corrective. 
II. . In med., a corrective: specifically ap- 
The place being the head of a Washington editorial and 
correspondential bureau for the Tribune, and of course 
one of much responsibility and influence. 
plied to an ingredient of a prescription design- 
ed to correct some undesirable effect of ano- 
ther ingredient. 
fj - - --J, j. , 
lated in form or character ; a condition of agree- 
ment or relative fitness. , 
The very essence of truth or falsehood is the eorrespon- S. Bowles, in Merriam, I. 173. corrigibility (kor'i-ji-bil'i-ti), [= ?-.ff"- 
nencc or non-correspondence of thought with objective re- correspondently (kor-e-spon'dent-li), adv. In gibilite = Sp. corregiouiaad ; as corrigible H 
ality. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 171. a corresponding manner. -ity : see -bility.~] The character or state of be- 
3. In math., a mode of relation by which each corresponding (kor-e-spon'ding), p. a. [Ppr. ing corrigible. 
individual of one set is related to a definite o f correspond, >.] 1. Related by eorrespon- corrigible (kor'i-ji-bl), a. [< F. corrigible = 
number of individuals of another (or the same) dence. (a) Similar in position or relation. See com- Sp. corregible = Pg. corrigivel = It. corrigibile, 
set, and a definite number of individuals of the spond, i. 
.ci i :_ i_i_j i_ v :,.j:,^j,,i f *!, The religion spoken of in art becomes the Higher Pa- 
ganism. What is the corresponding religion which stands 
related to conduct or morality as this religion is related 
to art? J. &. Scrley, Nat. Religion, p. 157. 
first set is related to each individual of the 
second set. If M is the first number and N the 
second, the relation is said to be an N to M cor- 
respondence. 4. That which corresponds to 
something else ; one of a pair or series that is 
complementary to another or others. [Chiefly 
used in the plural by Swedenborgians. See 
doctrine of correspondences, below.] 5. Inter- 
course between persons at a distance by means 
of letters sent and answers received. 
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London 
and another was not originally one of the objects of the 
post-office. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., iii. 
Hence 6. The letters which pass between cor- 
respondents : as, the correspondence of Goethe 
and Schiller is published. 
The inside of the letter is always the cream of the car- 
Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, iv. 1. 
< ML. corrigibilis, < L. corrigere, correct: see 
correct, v., and corrigent.'] 1. Capable of being 
corrected or amended : as, a corrigible defect. 
respondence. 
7. Friendly intercourse ; reciprocal exchange correspondingly (kor-e-spon'ding-li), adv 
of offices or civilities ; social relation. a corresponding manner or degree. 
All the keys in the instrument, whether one or more oc- 
taves, have corresponding reeds and actuating magnets. 
G. B. Prescott, Elect. Invent., p. 154. 
((>) Conformable ; agreeing ; accordant. 
And they converse on divers themes, to find 
If they possess a corresponding mind. 
Crabbe, Tales of the Hall. 
2. Carrying on intercourse by letters Cor- 
responding fluxions. See fluxion. Corresponding 
lieinianopsia. See hemianopsia. Corresponding 
memberof a society, a member residing at a distance who 
c< irrespouds with the society on its special subject, hut gen- 
erally has no deliberative voice in its administration. Ab- 
breviated cor. ?)!. Corresponding points, in math., 
points of the Hessian of a cubic curve whose tangents 
meet on the cubic. Cayley, 1857. Corresponding sec- 
retary. See secretary^. 
In 
Provided allway, that yf ony of the said articlis be con- 
trary to the liberte of the said cite, or old costumes of the 
same, thath hit be reformabyll and corrinabill by the 
Slayre, Bailiffs, and the comen counsayle of the citee. 
English Gilils (E. E. T. S.), p. 337. 
A Turn of Stile, or Expression more Correct, or at least 
more Corrigible, than in those which I have formerly writ- 
ten. Conyreve, Way of the World, Ded. 
2. Capable of being reformed in character or 
conduct: as, a corrigible sinner. 3f. Punish- 
able ; that may be chastised for correction. 
He was 
language. 
4f. Having power to correct ; corrective. 
The power and corrigible authority of this lies in our 
wills. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
Do I not bear a reasonable corrigible hand over him ? 
B. Jonxon, Poetaster, ii. 1. 
adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous 
llowett, Vocall Forrest. 
1>a 8 "" 
The character of being correspondent, or the 
state of corresponding; correspondence: as, 
the corresponslon of two correlative particles 
in a Greek sentence. [Rare.] 
The early Latin seems to be poor in expressions of tem- 
pora i corresponsion. Amer. .Jour. Philol., VI. 503. 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 39. 
Committees of correspondence, in U. S. hist., com- 
mittees appointed during the revolutionary period, first 
by the towns of New England, then by the legislatures of 
the colonies, to prepare and circulate statements of Ameri- , . . r . 
can grievances, and to discuss and concert with one ano- Corresponsive (kor-e-spon S1V), a. [<. corre- 
thermeasi 
See Conors 
moaian ; 
of Swedenborg, the doctrine that everything in nature cor- 
responds with and symbolizes some specific spiritual prin- 
ciple, of which it is an embodiment, and that those books 
of the Bible which constitute the word of God are written 
according to such correspondences, or according to the 
invariable spiritual significance of the words used. 
correspondency (kor-e-spon'den-si), n. Same 
as correspondence, 1, 2, 3. 
correspondent (kor-e-spon 'dent), a. and n. 
[= D. Dan. Sw. Correspondent = G. correspou- 
The Geraldins and the Butlers, both adversaryes and 
corryvalls one agaynst the other. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
While they [persecutors] practise violence to the souls 
of men and make their swords of steel corrivals with the 
two-edged spiritual sword of the Son of God, the basis of 
their highest pillars, the foundation of their glorious pal- 
aces are but dross and rottenness. 
linger Williams, quoted in Tyler's Amer. Lit., I. 255. 
2f. A companion. [Rare.] 
Massy staples, 
And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts. 
Shak., T. and C., Prol. 
A study by the ear alone of Shakespeare's metrical pro- 
gress, and a study by light of the knowledge thus obtained 
of the corresponsive progress within. 
Surinburne, Shakespeare, p. 25. 
corresponsively (kor-e-spon'siv-li), adv. In 
a corresponsive or corresponding manner, corrival (ko-ri'val), v. [< corriral, n.] I. trans. 
To rival ; pretend to equal. 
II. intrans. To pretend to be equal; com- 
The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, 
The noble Westmoreland, and warlike Blunt ; 
And many more corrivals, and dear men 
Of estimation. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 
II. a. Having contending claims ; emulous. 
A power equal and corrival with that of God. 
Bp. Fleetwood, Miracles. 
j. -+ [Rare.] 
dent, < F. correspondent = Sp. correspondiente = corri n. See corrie. 
Pg. correspondente = It. corrispondentc, < ML. corridor (kor'i-d6r or -dor), n. [= D. corridor pete! 
*eorresponden(t-)s,jrpT. ofcorrespondere, corre- 
spond: see correspond.] I. a. 1. Having the 
relation of correspondence, (a) Occupying similar 
E'tions or having similar relations. See correspond, 1. 
Conformable ; congruous ; suited ; similar : as, let be- 
ior be correspondent to profession, and both be corre- 
spondent to good morals. 
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, Keligio Medici, i. 55. 
Things . . . which excite in us the passion of love, or 
some correspondent affection. Goldsmith, Criticisms. 
2f. Obedient ; conformable in behavior. 
I will be corresixindciit to command, 
And do my spriting gently. 
Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 
= Dan. Sw. Icorridor, < F. corridor, < It. corri- 
dore, a corridor, gallery, a runner, a race-horse 
(= Sp. Pg. corrector, a runner, race-horse, cor- 
ridor), < correre = Sp. Pg. correr = F. courir, corrivalltyt (kor-i-val i-ti), n. 
< L. currere, run : see current, and cf. ctirrour.] 
1. In arch., a gallery or passage in a building. 
Full of long-sounding corridors it was, 
That over-vaulted gra 
But with the sunne corrivalling in light, 
Shines more by day than other stars by night. 
Fitz-Geo/rey, Blessed Birthday. 
... [< corrival + 
-ity.] Rivalry; corrivalry. [Rare.] 
Corrivality and opposition to Christ. 
Bp. Hall, Works, V. xxi. 
[< corriral + -ry.] 
rateful gloom. corrivalry (ko-ri'val-ri), . [< corriral 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. Competition ; joinf rivalry. Jip. Hail. 
2. In fort., a covered way carried round the corrivalshipt (ko-ri'val-ship), . [< corrival + 
whole compass of the fortifications of a place, -ship.] Rivalry; corrivalry. 
Wilhelm, Mil. Diet. 3. See the extract. Men in kindness are mutually lambs, but in currimlship 
A high covered carriage-way with a tessellated pave- of love lions. l-'unl, Honour Triumphant, ii. 
ment and green plastered walls . . . (corridor, the Creoles corr i va t e t (kor'i-vat), r. t. [< L. eorriniliis, pp. 
always called it) opened into a sunny court surrounded ~ , ,.....;..'.,, , lraw rwatprl into mp rri> n < 
with narrow parterres. ot "'""", ttw (.water; into one stieam, \ 
G. W. Cable, The Grandissimes, p. 376. com-, together, + rtvare, draw off (water), < 
