"rectify" Definition

Definitions for the word "rectify" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v.
(-ies, -ied) 1 adjust or make right. 2 purify or refine, esp. By repeated distillation. 3 convert (alternating current) to direct current. rectifiable adj. Rectification n. Rectifier n. [latin rectus straight, right]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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