Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

correctify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rec-ti-fy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"When your worship's pleas'd to correctify a lady."
"I've correctified the minutes of Secretary Stiles, and send it to you to publish, to let our Democratic brethren, all over the country, know that we've made a rally here to try to save the party[…]"
""You're a demolisher?" "Apprentice!" replied Xavier enthusiastically, holding up a correctifying finger."
"They recognized Him being that they approached Him but he correctified them. That's what the Bible was saying and you got to believe."

Etymology

From correct + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: correct

Inflected Forms

correctifies (present, singular) correctifying (participle, present) correctified (participle, past) correctified (past)

Questions

What does correctify mean?: To correct.
Where does correctify come from?: From correct + -ify.

How to pronounce correctify

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