rectify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- /ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
Meanings
- (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
- (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
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(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
to rectify the crisis
- (transitive) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
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(archaic, transitive) To correct (someone who is mistaken).
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 […]
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
- (historical, transitive) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- (transitive) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- (transitive) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rectifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rectified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rectified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| rectifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
misrectify · rectifiably · rectifiable · nonrectified · nonrectifying · rectified spirit · georectify · orthorectify · rectifiability · unrectified · rectifier · georectified · rectification · rectenna
Translations (74)
pl poprawiać (to correct or amend something) · ru дистиллировать (to purify or refine by distillation) · mi whakamaene (to correct or amend something) · es rectificar (to correct or amend something) · bg рафинирам (to purify or refine by distillation) · gl rectificar (to correct or amend something) · nl rechtzetten (to correct or amend something) · tr düzeltmek (to correct or amend something) · fi oikaista (to correct or amend something) · it sanare (to restore to its proper condition) · nl rectificeren (to correct or amend something) · it distillare (to purify or refine by distillation) · ro corecta (to correct or amend something) · ru ректифицировать (to purify or refine by distillation) · fi korjata (to remedy or fix) · fi puhdistaa (to purify or refine by distillation) · fi tasasuunnata (to convert alternating current into direct current) · bg поправям (to restore to its proper condition) · fi korjata (to correct someone who is mistaken) · fa درست کردن (to remedy or fix) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to correct or amend something) · fi tislata (to purify or refine by distillation) · uk очища́ти (to purify or refine by distillation) · fi tislata (to produce by redistilling with flavourings) · es subsanar (to correct or amend something) · ja 正す (to correct or amend something) · ga ceartaigh (to correct or amend something) · cmn 糾正 /纠正 (to correct or amend something) · pt retificar (to correct or amend something) · az düzəltmək (to correct or amend something) · nl corrigeren (to correct or amend something) · bg поправям (to remedy or fix) · it correggere (to correct someone who is mistaken) · az düzləndirmək (to convert alternating current into direct current) · ca subsanar (to correct or amend something) · ru очищать (to purify or refine by distillation) · bg пречиствам (to purify or refine by distillation) · tr damıtmak (to purify or refine by distillation) · cmn 整頓 /整顿 (to correct or amend something) · de korrigieren (to correct or amend something) · sv korrigera (to correct or amend something) · it raddrizzare (to convert alternating current into direct current) · ru испра́вить (to correct or amend something) · fr rectifier (to correct or amend something) · mi whakamaene (to remedy or fix) · tr arıtmak (to purify or refine by distillation) · pl destylować (to purify or refine by distillation) · grc κατορθόω (to restore to its proper condition) · fi korjata (to restore to its proper condition) · ru выпрямлять (to convert alternating current into direct current) · sv likrikta (to convert alternating current into direct current) · la corrigō (to correct or amend something) · mi whakatika (to remedy or fix) · it rimediare (to remedy or fix) · la rectificō (to correct or amend something) · ta திருத்து (to correct or amend something) · pl poprawić (to correct or amend something) · bg изправям (to convert alternating current into direct current) · nl amelioreren (to correct or amend something) · ca rectificar (to correct or amend something) · fi korjata (to correct or amend something) · ru исправля́ть (to correct or amend something) · ro rectifica (to correct or amend something) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to remedy or fix) · it rettificare (to convert alternating current into direct current) · pl prostować (to convert alternating current into direct current) · fa درست کردن (to correct or amend something) · it regolarizzare (to remedy or fix) · de destillieren (to purify or refine by distillation) · uk очи́стити (to purify or refine by distillation) · nl herzien (to correct or amend something) · mi whakamana (to restore to its proper condition) · it rettificare (to correct or amend something) · nl amenderen (to correct or amend something)