Cor‐rect″ive (k?rr–r?k″t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
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.