Rectify is defined as to make something right.
(verb)An example of rectify is for a person to do something to make up for hurting a friend.
See rectify in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb rectified, rectifying
Origin: ME rectifien < MFr rectifier < LL rectificare: see recti- & -fy
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See rectify in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb rec·ti·fied, rec·ti·fy·ing, rec·ti·fies
Origin:
Origin: Middle English rectifien
Origin: , from Old French rectifier
Origin: , from Medieval Latin rēctificāre
Origin: : Latin rēctus, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + Latin -ficāre, -fy
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