rectify
verbEtymology
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
- derived from rectifiier
- inherited from rectifien
Definitions
To heal (an organ or part of the body).
To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition
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 rectify the crisis
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To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
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 […]
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…
To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at rectify. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at rectify. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at rectify
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA