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• rect-
  rect-

  variant of recti- before a vowel.
• rect.
  rect.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) rectified.
• rect
  rect

  abbreviation

  receipt

rect-

¹ American  

1. variant of recti- before a vowel.

   rectangle.

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rect. ² American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) rectified.

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rect. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. receipt.

2. rectangle.

3. rectangular.

4. rector.

5. rectory.

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rect British  

abbreviation

1. receipt

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Etymology

Origin of rect.

From the Latin word rēctificātus

Example Sentences

The civil affairs people have stacks of confiscated German chocolate in rect- angular cartons, and Marie-Laure and Madame Ruelle eat too many to count.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr