"correctify" meaning in All languages combined

See correctify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: correctifies [present, singular, third-person], correctifying [participle, present], correctified [participle, past], correctified [past]
Etymology: From correct + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|correct|ify}} correct + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} correctify (third-person singular simple present correctifies, present participle correctifying, simple past and past participle correctified)
  1. (nonstandard) To correct. Tags: nonstandard

Inflected forms

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