To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the
palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound.
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot. 2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.
1. That which has the power of correcting, altering,...