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corrigating

corrigating is the present participle and gerund of corrigate.

Meaning of corrigate

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.
    • A third critic, and an alleged eye-witness at the front, corrigates all preceding guesses by announcing, with the air of finality, that the Austrians, not the Prussians, are the chaps who have placed the big guns at the front, […]1915, Hrolf von baron Dewitz, War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and Methods Used in the Present Great War, page 58

Questions about corrigating

What is corrigating the present participle and gerund of?
Corrigating is the present participle and gerund of corrigate.

Words near corrigating in the dictionary

  1. corrigan
  2. corrigans
  3. corrigate
  4. corrigated
  5. corrigates
  6. corrigating
  7. corrigative
  8. corrigen
  9. corrigenda
  10. corrigendum
  11. corrigent

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