Verb: rectify 'rek-ti,fI
- Make right or correct
"rectify the calculation";
- correct, right
- Correct, fix, improve or make right something that is wrong or defective
"rectify the inequities in salaries";
- remediate, remedy, repair, amend
- Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"The process rectifies the raw alcohol";
- refine
- Convert into direct current
"rectify alternating current"
- Determine the length of
"rectify a curve"
Derived forms: rectifying, rectified, rectifies
Type of: ascertain, change, commute, convert, determine, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], exchange, find, find out, purify, reverse, sublimate, turn
Encyclopedia: Rectify