rectified

[rek-tuh-fahyd]

adjective

1. made, put, or set right; corrected or remedied.

   E-commerce still suffers from an easily rectified fallacy—the notion that a website constitutes a web business.

2. made square or straight.

   This ceramic tile is a quality rectified tile, mechanically finished on all sides to achieve uniformity.

3. Electricity.,  (of an alternating current) changed into a direct current.

   If you know what might cause "skipping" in a brushed DC motor supplied by a rectified AC signal, tell me.

4. Chemistry.,  (especially of a spirit or liquor) purified by repeated distillation.

   Whiskey made of rectified spirits, colored and flavored by burnt sugar, was often branded as bourbon.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of rectify.

Other Word Forms

• nonrectified adjective
• unrectified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectified¹

First recorded in 1550–60; 1865–70 rectified for def. 3; 1570–80 rectified for def. 4; rectify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; rectify ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

While Nissan has rectified this in the latest generation of Leafs, earlier models show a considerable shortening of their range year by year, according to data analysed by US insurance and research firm NimbleFins.

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It also suggests that they might be easily rectified.

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And they know what happens when it doesn’t get rectified before the playoffs.

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An ICO spokesperson said they had "focused clearly on making sure that the causes of breaches were identified, rectified and lessons learned".

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I was in more pain, oddly enough, and I think it was because of some nerves that was going on, which was rectified after a while.

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