rectify

Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

correct reform right better improve repair regulate adjust remedy amend reclaim redress refine regenerate mend
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Antonyms

palmyra mar lower prevent blight askew
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Hypernyms

right convert change find turn exchange

Hyponyms

repair remedy amend remediate moralize moralise

Derivatives

rectified rectifying

Anagrams

certify cretify

Examples

remedy these deficiencies Source: Internet

rectify the inequities in salaries Source: Internet

repair an oversight Source: Internet

Correct the mistakes Source: Internet

rectify the calculation Source: Internet

The Church reformed me Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rectifier unit rectiflexible rectiformer rectifying apparatus rectifying tube rectifying valve