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   Rec·ti·fy

   /ˈrektəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. put right; correct: "mistakes made now cannot be rectified later"
   • 2. convert (alternating current) to direct current.
   • 3. find a straight line equal in length to (a curve): "his methods of rectifying the cycloid"
   • 4. purify or refine (a substance) by repeated or continuous distillation: "butyl lactate was rectified, and the purified butyl lactate was sequentially hydrolyzed"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rectifiable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   Synonyms for RECTIFY: amend, correct, remedy, reform, rewrite, change, improve, repair; Antonyms of RECTIFY: hurt, impair, harm, damage, injure, spoil, mar, aggravate.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of rectify in English. rectify. verb. These are words and phrases related to rectify. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of rectify. The accounting error was rectified before the ledgers were audited. Synonyms. right. set right. put right. make right. correct. adjust. regulate.

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   debug. locate and correct errors in a computer program code. type of: change by reversal, reverse, turn. change to the contrary. verb. set straight or right. “ rectify the inequities in salaries”. synonyms: amend, remediate, remedy, repair.

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   3 days ago · to make small changes to something such as a piece of writing or a contract, in order to improve it. The committee put forward proposals to amend the penal system. Synonyms. change, improve, reform, fix, correct,

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