Definitions for rectify

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rectify rec·ti·fy

Spelling: [rek-tuh-fahy]

IPA: /ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ/

Rectify is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in rectify (cefirty).

Definitions for rectify

verb (used with object)

1. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
2. to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
3. Chemistry. to purify (especially a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
4. Electricity. to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.
5. to determine the length of (a curve).
6. Astronomy, Geography. to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem.

Origin of rectify

1350-1400; Middle English rectifien Middle French rectifier Medieval Latin rēctificāre, equivalent to Latin rēct(us) right + -ificāre -ify

Examples for rectify

And should a silly, sometimes slight comedy like Veep be excised to include yet another harrowing drama, rectify?

If I had one wish here, it would be for Aden Young to sneak a surprise nod for rectify.

Mistakes are hard to rectify after a fatal volley has been fired.

He discovered the mistake when it was too late to rectify it.

My conduct must then have a faulty appearance at least, and I will endeavour to rectify it.

However, he saw his mistake in an instant and tried to rectify it.

He says he never did the work for money, but instead to rectify that destruction he observed.

TV: rectify, Sundance Channel Is rectify the best new show on TV?

Is there a confusion in the figure, he advances to rectify it with a chass rigadoon.

And when that culture still holds onto sexist views of women, even attempts to rectify this imbalance can backfire.