Obs. [f. L. corrept- ppl. stem of corripĕre to snatch up, blame, reprove, chide, f. cor- = com- intensive + rapĕre to snatch.]
1. trans. To reprehend, reprove.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., Prol. 2. Whanne euer he takith vpon him for to in neiȝbourli or brotherli maner correpte his Christen neiȝbour. Ibid. Bothe to correpte and correcte.
2. To seize.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 319. The King of France correpted with the Leprosie.
Hence † Correpting vbl. sb., reproving.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., Prol. He ȝeueth instruccions of correpcioun and of correpting which … longith to an ouerer.
