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Rectify
//ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ// verb
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Verb
- 1 To heal (an organ or part of the body). obsolete, transitive
- 2 convert into direct current wordnet
- 3 To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. transitive
- 4 make right or correct wordnet
- 5 To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). transitive
"to rectify the crisis"
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- 6 set straight or right wordnet
- 7 To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. transitive
- 8 bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one wordnet
- 9 To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.). transitive
- 10 reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities wordnet
- 11 To correct (someone who is mistaken). archaic, transitive
"For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]"
- 12 determine the length of wordnet
- 13 To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem. historical, transitive
- 14 To convert (alternating current) into direct current. transitive
- 15 To determine the length of a curve included between two limits. transitive
- 16 To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
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