rectify
- 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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Contemporary Examples of rectify
He says he never did the work for money, but instead to rectify that destruction he observed.
And when that culture still holds onto sexist views of women, even attempts to rectify this imbalance can backfire.
If I had one wish here, it would be for Aden Young to sneak a surprise nod for Rectify.
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And should a silly, sometimes slight comedy like Veep be excised to include yet another harrowing drama, Rectify?
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Historical Examples of rectify
My conduct must then have a faulty appearance at least, and I will endeavour to rectify it.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Mistakes are hard to rectify after a fatal volley has been fired.
The Boy Scouts on Belgian BattlefieldsLieut. Howard Payson
He discovered the mistake when it was too late to rectify it.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
However, he saw his mistake in an instant and tried to rectify it.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
Is there a confusion in the figure, he advances to rectify it with a chass rigadoon.
Jack HintonCharles James Lever
rectify
- to put right; correct; remedy
- to separate (a substance) from a mixture or refine (a substance) by fractional distillation
- to convert (alternating current) into direct current
- maths to determine the length of (a curve)
- to cause (an object) to assume a linear motion or characteristic
Word Origin for rectify
Word Origin and History for rectify
c.1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rectified; rectifying.
rectify
(rĕk′tə-fī′)- To set right; correct.
- To refine or purify, especially by distillation.