RECTIFY
\ɹˈɛktɪfˌa͡ɪ], \ɹˈɛktɪfˌaɪ], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of RECTIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
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math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
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convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
By Princeton University
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set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
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math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
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convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
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To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
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To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
By Oddity Software
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
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To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
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To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
By Noah Webster.
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Rectifier, rectification.
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Rectified.
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Rectifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redress: to refine by distillation:-pa.t. and pa.p. rectified.
By Daniel Lyons
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rectifica'tion.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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