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correctifying

correctifying is the present participle and gerund of correctify.

Meaning of correctify

Verb

correctify (third-person singular simple present correctifies, present participle correctifying, simple past and past participle correctified)

  1. (nonstandard) To correct.
    • When your worship's pleas'd to correctify a lady.1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II...

Questions about correctifying

What is correctifying the present participle and gerund of?
Correctifying is the present participle and gerund of correctify.

Words near correctifying in the dictionary

  1. correcteth
  2. correctible
  3. correctified
  4. correctifies
  5. correctify
  6. correctifying
  7. correcting
  8. correcting fluid
  9. correcting fluids
  10. correctingly
  11. correctings

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