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rectify

Dictionary definition · rectify

verb

  1. determine the length of"rectify a curve"
  2. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities"refine sugar"
  3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one"The Church reformed me"
  4. set straight or right"remedy these deficiencies"
  5. make right or correct"Correct the mistakes"
  6. convert into direct current"rectify alternating current"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).