rectify
verb (used with object)
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct.
was rectifying
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past progressiveof rectify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Thomas with his cautious, measuring mind was rectifying his lines in the wintry darkness.
From The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
