What does rectify mean?

Definitions for rectify
ˈrɛk təˌfaɪrec·ti·fy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rectifyverb

    math: determine the length of

    "rectify a curve"

  2. refine, rectifyverb

    reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

    "refine sugar"

  3. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb

    bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

  4. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb

    set straight or right

    "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

  5. correct, rectify, rightverb

    make right or correct

    "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

  6. rectifyverb

    convert into direct current

    "rectify alternating current"

Wiktionary

  1. rectifyverb

    To correct or amend something.

  2. rectifyverb

    To purify or refine, especially by distillation.

  3. rectifyverb

    To convert alternating current into direct current.

  4. rectifyverb

    To add water to alcoholic spirit to adjust its proof.

  5. Etymology: From rectifier, from rectificare, from rectus

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To RECTIFYverb

    Etymology: rectifier, Fr. rectus and facio, Lat.

    That wherein unsounder times have done amiss, the better ages ensuing must rectify as they may. Richard Hooker.

    It shall be bootless
    That longer you defer the court, as well
    For your own quiet, as to rectify
    What is unsettled in the king. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    Where a long course of piety has purged the heart, and rectified the will, knowledge will break in upon such a soul, like the sun shining in his full might. South.

    The substance of this theory I mainly depend on, being willing to suppose that many particularities may be rectified upon farther thoughts. Burnet.

    If those men of parts, who have been employed in vitiating the age, had endeavoured to rectify and amend it, they needed not have sacrificed their good sense to their fame. Add.

    The false judgment he made of things are owned; and the methods pointed out by which he rectified them. Francis Atterbury.

    The skin hath been kept white and smooth for above fifteen years, by being included with rectified spirit of wine in a cylindrical glass. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

Wikipedia

  1. Rectify

    Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.A second season of ten episodes, premiered on June 19, 2014. A third season of six episodes premiered on July 9, 2015. A fourth and final season of eight episodes premiered on October 26, 2016. All four seasons of the show have been critically acclaimed.

ChatGPT

  1. rectify

    To rectify means to correct or fix something that is wrong or to make a situation or decision right. It can also refer to the process of purifying or refining a substance through distillation in scientific terms.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rectifyverb

    to make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders

  2. Rectifyverb

    to refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine

  3. Rectifyverb

    to produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rectify

    rek′ti-fī, v.t. to make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redress: to purify by repeated crystallisation or sublimation, or by distillations: (math.) to determine the length of a curve included between two limits: to prepare a sun-dial for an observation:—pa.t. and pa.p. rec′tified.adj. Rectifī′able, that may be rectified or set right.—ns. Rectificā′tion, the act of rectifying or setting right: the process of refining any substance by repeated distillation: rectification of a globe, its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem; Rec′tifier, one who corrects: one who refines a substance by repeated distillation.—Rectify the course of a vessel, to determine its true course from indications of the ship's compass, and allowing for magnetic variations, &c.; Rectify the globe, to bring the sun's place in the ecliptic on a globe to the brass meridian. [Fr.,—L. rectus, straight, facĕre, to make.]

Anagrams for rectify »

  1. certify

  2. cretify

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rectify in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rectify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of rectify in a Sentence

  1. Candy Carson:

    I attempted to appropriately cite and acknowledge all sources in `America the Beautiful,' but inadvertently missed some, i apologize, and I am working with my editors to rectify the situation.

  2. Ghias Moussa:

    We do n’t think that killing more innocent people in Syria by bombing them will rectify what has happened, whether it was done by the Assad regime or not, americans should not change regimes around the world to get somebody we like and fight people we do n’t like.

  3. Joe Berlinger:

    As far as my understanding, there was some initial contact to get some access, and then once the book came out, there was no contact, and no attempt to rectify their feelings of the portrait being problematic… I believe there should have been a greater attempt to address their issues. The evidence demonstrates that there was no such attempt.

  4. Top Glove:

    We are mindful there is much more to be done to uplift the standard of our employee welfare and promise to rectify shortcomings immediately.

  5. The Bruce:

    We love it just as much as you do, after the family was railroaded out of town, they lived in Los Angeles destitute and so therefore, these people who did this to my family need to rectify it by any means, including apologize.

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