† 1. = UNCORRECTED ppl. a. Obs.
1502. Atkynson, trans. De Imitatione, I. xvi. (1893), 165. We wolde that other that offendeth shulde be straitly correcte & our selfe more coulpable vncorrecte.
1553. Respublica, Prol. 51. That yls whiche long tyme have reigned vncorrecte shall nowe foreuer bee redressed with effecte.
2. = INCORRECT a.
1568. Charteris, Pref. Lyndesay’s Wks., A j b. Quhat difference is betuix … correct and vncorrect Imprenting, salbe cleirlie sene.
1669. Dryden, Wild Gallant, Pref. A 2 b. You have … receiv’d with Applause, as bad, and as uncorrect Playes from other Men.
1702. Eng. Theophrast., 23. The Ancients, tho’ generally uneven and uncorrect, have yet here and there some fine touches.
1752. Salmon, Universal Trav., I. viii. 20. Before the Missionaries taught them, their tables of eclipses were very uncorrect.
