Definitions of rectify [ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ]

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Definition of 'rectify'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) rectify
to make, put, or set right; correct:
to rectify an error.

2.  rectify
to put right by adjustment or calculation, as a course at sea.

3.  rectify
to purify (esp. a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.

4.  rectify
to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.

5.  rectify
to determine the length of (a curve).

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF rectifier < ML rēctificāre= L rēct(us)right+-i--i-+-ficāre-fy)

Definition of 'rectify'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) rectify
math: determine the length of
"rectify a curve"

2. (verb) refine, rectify
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"

3. (verb) reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
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. (verb) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

5. (verb) correct, rectify, right
make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

6. (verb) rectify
convert into direct current
"rectify alternating current"

Definition of 'rectify'

Webster Dictionary

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

Translation of 'rectify'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put right or correct (a mistake etc) We shall rectify the error as soon as possible.
Afrikaans: regstel	Arabic: يُصَحِّح	Bulgarian: поправям
Brazilian: corrigir	Czech: opravit, napravit	German: berichtigen
Danish: berigtige; udbedre	Greek: επανορθώνω	Spanish: rectificar
Estonian: parandama	Farsi: اصلاح کردن؛ تصحیح کردن	Finnish: korjata
French: rectifier	Hebrew: לתקן	Hindi: ठीक करना
Croatian: ispraviti	Hungarian: helyesbít	Indonesian: mengoreksi
Icelandic: leiðrétta	Italian: rettificare	Japanese: 直す
Korean: 정정하다	Lithuanian: ištaisyti	Latvian: izlabot; vērst par labu
Malay: memperbetulkan	Dutch: rechtzetten	Norwegian: rette, korrigere
Polish: skorygować	Persian: اصلاح کردن؛ تصحیح کردن	Pashto: سمول، صحيح كول، ټيك كول،
Portuguese: corrigir	Romanian: a rectifica	Russian: исправлять
Slovak: opraviť, napraviť	Slovenian: popraviti	Serbian: ispraviti
Swedish: rätta [till]	Thai: ทำให้ถูกต้อง	Turkish: düzeltmek
Taiwanese: 修正	Ukrainian: виправляти	Urdu: درست کرنا
Vietnamese: chỉnh cho bằng	Chinese: 纠正，矫正，改正调整
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