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(k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a.[LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. 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. [Obs.] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. 4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.] The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. Shak. スポンサード リンク
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