Etymology

corrigate

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Today it means: To correct. Full definition →

Latin corrigō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcorrigō
  2. English todaycorrigate

Ultimately Latin corrigō, whence standard English words like corrigible, probably influenced by words like Danish korrigere, French corriger and German korrigieren; see -ate (verb-forming suffix)

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