Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/
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ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ
Verb
To heal (an organ or part of the body).
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
Usage- Transitive
To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
Usage- Transitive
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to rectify the crisis
To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
Usage- Transitive
To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
Usage- Transitive
To correct (someone who is mistaken).
Usage- Archaic
- Transitive
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For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]
To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
Usage- Historical
- Transitive
To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
Usage- Transitive
To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
Usage- Transitive
To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
Usage- Transitive
Verb
determine the length of
- Examples
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rectify a curve
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
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refine sugar
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
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The Church reformed me
reform your conduct
set straight or right
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remedy these deficiencies
rectify the inequities in salaries
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repair an oversight
make right or correct
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- Examples
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Correct the mistakes
rectify the calculation
convert into direct current
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rectify alternating current