rectify
[rek-tuh-fahy]
verb (used with object), rec·ti·fied, rec·ti·fy·ing.
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
Chemistry. to purify (especially a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
Electricity. to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.
to determine the length of (a curve).
Astronomy, Geography. to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem.
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amend, fix, remedy, redress, improve, repair, right, scrub, doctor, reform, launder, debug, adjust, square, mend, emend, revise, recalibrateExamples from the Web for rectified
Contemporary Examples of rectified
In most cases that, too, has been rectified—with the exception of Michael Douglas, who is one silver-haired fox.
A lot of their injuries—particularly the people shot in the eyes—could have been rectified.
Historical Examples of rectified
Some of it may have to be rectified, as they term it, and that will cause delay.
David Lannarck, MidgetGeorge S. Harney
My dear father, do not let this mistake affect you too deeply; it will easily be rectified.
Fairy FingersAnna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Molineux and Birge were too far to the front, and the line must be rectified.
Lights and Shadows in Confederate PrisonsHomer B. Sprague
I rectified the error, and he entered the information in a book.
But if they have, the sooner the evil is rectified the better.
rectify
verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)
Word Origin for rectify
C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin rectificāre to adjust, from Latin rectus straight + facere to make
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rectify
[rĕk′tə-fī′]
v.
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