Incorrectify

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make something wrong or inaccurate that was previously correct ; to introduce errors into ; to render false through alteration
2. Changing an accurate statement or item so that it becomes incorrect ; intentionally or accidentally causing correctness to be lost ; turning something true into something erroneous
3. The act of making something no longer right or valid by adding mistakes ; causing precision or truth to be compromised ; converting correctness to inaccuracy

Etymology: "Incorrectify" is a construction built from two existing parts: the adjective "incorrect" and the verb-forming ending "-ify." "Incorrect" combines the Latin prefix "in-," meaning "not," with "correct," from "correctus," the past participle of "corrigere," "to set straight." The base therefore means "not set straight." The ending comes through Old French "-ifier" from Latin "-ificare," built on "facere," "to make" or "do." That is why verbs like "clarify" and "simplify" mean, literally, to make clear or simple. "Incorrectify" follows the same pattern, turning "not right" into the act of making something not right. Because the word is assembled from familiar parts rather than inherited, it is a coinage. Its exact date of first use is uncertain.

Synonyms: misrepresent, distort, falsify, err, misstate

Antonyms: correct, rectify, validate, verify, amend