correctify
To correct.
Verb
- 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 […],...
- 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[…] - 1859, Seba Smith,...
- "You're a demolisher?" "Apprentice!" replied Xavier enthusiastically, holding up a correctifying finger. - 2005, Gaétan Soucy, Sheila Fischman, Vaudeville!:
Origin
From correct + -ify.