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Definitions for Rectify
[1] to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
[2] to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
[3] Chemistry . to purify (especially a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
[4] Electricity . to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.
[5] to determine the length of (a curve).
[6] Astronomy , Geography . to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem.
[7] to put right; correct; remedy
[8] to separate (a substance) from a mixture or refine (a substance) by fractional distillation
[9] to convert (alternating current) into direct current
[10] maths to determine the length of (a curve)
[11] to cause (an object) to assume a linear motion or characteristic
Words related to Rectify
amend, fix, remedy, redress, improve, repair, right, scrub, doctor, reform, launder, debug, adjust, square, mend, emend, revise, recalibrate
Words nearby Rectify
recti-, rectifiable, rectification, rectified spirit, rectifier, rectify, rectilinear, rectirostral, rectitis, rectitude, rectitudinous
Origin of Rectify
1350–1400; Middle English rectifien < Middle French rectifier < Medieval Latin rēctificāre, equivalent to Latin rēct(us ) right + -ificāre -ify
Other words from Rectify
non·rec·ti·fied , adjective
self-rec·ti·fy·ing , adjective
un·rec·ti·fied , adjective
Word origin for Rectify
C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin rectificāre to adjust, from Latin rectus straight + facere to make
Synonyms for Rectify
amend, fix, improve, redress, remedy, straighten out, adjust, debug, doctor, emend, launder, mend, reform, repair, revise, right, scrub, square, clean up, clean up act, dial back, fix up, go over, make good, make up for, pay one's dues, pick up, put right, recalibrate, shape up, straighten up, turn things around