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Meaning of 'rectify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rectify [ 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.
- 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.
- To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Meaning of 'rectify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rectify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make right or correct
Example in sentence:
  • Correct the mistakes;
  • rectify the calculation
Meaning (2):
- math: determine the length of
Example in sentence:
  • rectify a curve
Meaning (3):
- convert into direct current
Example in sentence:
  • rectify alternating current
Meaning (4):
- set straight or right
Example in sentence:
  • rectify the inequities in salaries;
  • remedy these deficiencies;
  • repair an oversight
Meaning (5):
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Example in sentence:
  • refine sugar
Meaning (6):
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Example in sentence:
  • reform your conduct;
  • The Church reformed me

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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