rectify
Meaning of rectify
verb
- To heal (an organ or part of the body).
- 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
- To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- To correct (someone who is mistaken).
- (geodesy) 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 (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
Information about rectify
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of rectify is: rectifies.
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Hyphenation of rectify
rec-tify
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- rectify is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
rectify synonyms
Meaning refine:
Meaning reform:
Meaning remediate:
remediate, remedy, repair, amend
Meaning correct:
Translation of rectify
- German: reparieren, verbessern, korrigieren, ausbessern
- Italian: riparare, rimediare, rettificare
- Spanish: modificar, recuperar, reformar, rectificar, remediar
- Portuguese: retificar
- French: rectifier
Anagrams of rectify
Words that rhyme with rectify
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