rectify
verb (used with object)
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct.
have rectified
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present perfectof rectify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The irony of Carolina’s struggles to settle the kicking situation is that Slye appears to have rectified the yips that plagued him during training camp and the preseason.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
California, which is supposed to keep these identities confidential, claims to have rectified the causes of its failures to do so.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
Multiple renovations in recent years, including $100 million worth of upgrades completed during the pandemic, have rectified that.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
This defeat will prove particularly concerning for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, who appeared to have rectified issues with a defence that conceded goals far too easily last season.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2020
There are one or two other editions published abroad, which pretend to have rectified the maltreatment both of Berlin and Paris.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
