Rectify meaning

rĕk'tə-fī'
To put or set right; correct; amend.
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To refine or purify, especially by distillation.
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To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
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To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.
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To adjust, as in movement or balance; adjust by calculation.
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To refine or purify (a liquid) by distillation, esp. by fractional or repeated distillations.
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To convert (alternating current) to direct current.
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To find the length of (a curve)
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To correct or amend something.
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(chemistry) To purify or refine, especially by distillation.
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(electronics) To convert alternating current into direct current.
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Rectify is defined as to make something right.

An example of rectify is for a person to do something to make up for hurting a friend.

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Origin of rectify

  • Middle English rectifien from Old French rectifier from Medieval Latin rēctificāre Latin rēctus right reg- in Indo-European roots Latin -ficāre -fy
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old French rectifier (“to make straight"), from Medieval Latin rÄ“ctificāre (“make right"), from Latin rÄ“ctus (“straight")
    From Wiktionary

Rectify Sentence Examples

  • No simple apology was going to rectify this situation.

  • Most frequently he will be required either to protect a good bowl or to rectify a possible error of the leader.

  • Our duty, my dear, is to rectify his mistake, to ease his last moments by not letting him commit this injustice, and not to let him die feeling that he is rendering unhappy those who...

  • One of the most important matters he had to deal with was to rectify the canonical position of those who had been ordained or consecrated since the breach with Rome.

  • According to this reading, William sought to rectify his position by asserting, not the numerical identity of the universal in each individual, but rather its sameness in the sense of indistinguishable similarity.

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