rectify

Verb

Verb Forms: rectified, rectifying, rectifies

To correct something; to make right or accurate.
math: determine the length of
- "rectify a curve"
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
set straight or right
- "rectify the inequities in salaries"
make right or correct
- "rectify the calculation"
convert into direct current
- "rectify alternating current"
To heal (an organ or part of the body).
To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
To correct (someone who is mistaken).
To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

Examples

He had to rectify his mistake after playing an invalid word.
to rectify the crisis

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).

Synonyms

amend, correct, reclaim, refine, reform, regenerate, remediate, remedy, repair, right

Antonyms

falsify

Scrabble Score: 15

rectify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rectify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rectify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

rectify: valid Words With Friends Word