"corrigate" meaning in English

See corrigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: corrigates [present, singular, third-person], corrigating [participle, present], corrigated [participle, past], corrigated [past]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin corrigō, whence standard English words like corrigible, probably influenced by words like Danish korrigere and German korrigieren. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|corrigō}} Latin corrigō, {{m+|da|korrigere}} Danish korrigere, {{m+|de|korrigieren}} German korrigieren Head templates: {{en-verb}} corrigate (third-person singular simple present corrigates, present participle corrigating, simple past and past participle corrigated)
  1. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) To correct.

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