rectify
11rectify — verb rectified, rectifying (T) 1 formal to correct something that is wrong: I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done. | Please rectify the mistake at once. 2 technical to make alcohol pure 3 technical to change an… …
12rectify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English rectifien, from Anglo French rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus right more at right Date: 14th century 1. to set right ; remedy 2. to purify (as alcohol)… …
13rectify — /rek teuh fuy /, v.t., rectified, rectifying. 1. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account. 2. to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea. 3. Chem. to purify (esp …
14rectify — verb Rectify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑error, ↑fault, ↑imbalance, ↑injustice, ↑mistake, ↑omission, ↑problem, ↑situation …
15rectify — rec|ti|fy [ˈrektıfaı] v past tense and past participle rectified present participle rectifying third person singular rectifies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus right, straight ] …
16rectify — rec|ti|fy [ rektə,faı ] verb transitive FORMAL to correct a problem or mistake, or make a bad situation better: I am anxious to rectify this situation. ╾ rec|ti|fi|ca|tion [ ,rektəfı keıʃn ] noun uncount …
17rectify — verb Perry is willing to do anything to rectify the situation with his estranged grandfather Syn: correct, right, put right, put to rights, sort out, deal with, amend, remedy, repair, fix, make good, resolve, settle; informal patch up …
18rectify — rec•ti•fy [[t]ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to make, put, or set right; correct: to rectify an error[/ex] 2) to put right by adjustment or calculation, as a course at sea 3) chem. to purify (esp. a spirit or liquor) by repeated… …
19rectify — / rektɪfaɪ/ verb to correct something, to make something right ● to rectify an entry NOTE: rectifies–rectifying–rectified) …
20rectify — To make right. To correct; to amend. To distill. Anno: 108 ALR 1075, 1077 1079. To distill again and again. To rectify distilled spirits is not to manufacture such spirits. See Commonwealth v Giltinan, 64 Pa 100, 105 …
