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Definition of Rectify
1. Verb. Math: determine the length of. "Rectify a curve"
2. Verb. Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. "Refine sugar"
Generic synonyms: Distill, Make Pure, Purify, Sublimate
Derivative terms: Rectification, Refinement, Refiner, Refining
3. Verb. Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. "Reform your conduct"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Reform, See The Light, Straighten Out
Specialized synonyms: Moralise, Moralize
Derivative terms: Reclamation, Rectification, Reform, Reformation, Reformative, Reformatory, Reformist
4. Verb. Set straight or right. "Repair an oversight"
Generic synonyms: Correct, Right
Derivative terms: Amendable, Rectification, Rectifier, Remediation, Remedy, Reparation
5. Verb. Make right or correct. "Rectify the calculation"
Generic synonyms: Change By Reversal, Reverse, Turn
Specialized synonyms: Amend, Remediate, Remedy, Repair, Debug
Derivative terms: Correction, Rectification
Antonyms: Falsify
6. Verb. Convert into direct current. "Rectify alternating current"
Definition of Rectify
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Rectify
1. Verb. (transitive) To correct or amend something. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive chemistry) To purify or refine, especially by distillation. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive electronics) To convert alternating current into direct current. ¹
4. Verb. (rfv-sense opposite to sense # 2!) (transitive) To add water to alcoholic spirit to adjust its proof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rectify
1. to correct [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: correct
Medical Definition of Rectify
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1. 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. "I meant to rectify my conscience." (Shak) "This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified." (Burke)
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