Middle English Dictionary Entry
corriǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | corriǧen v. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To correct or amend (conduct); cause amendment; (b) to correct (a text).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.4.93 : That any man myghte thinke that the maneris of schrewes ben coriged [L corrigi] and chastised by vengeaunce.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.7.41 : Demestow nat..that alle thing that profiteth is good?..And certes thilke thing that exerciseth or corrigith [L corrigit] profitith?
b
- a1486 Ordin.Lists in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)61 : That it please yowre benigne grace for to oversee, corrige [Lnsd: correct], and amende the sayde book.