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Meaning of rectify

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rectify
      v 1: math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
      2: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from
         extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
         [syn: {refine}, {rectify}]
      3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
         life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
         me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: {reform}, {reclaim},
         {regenerate}, {rectify}]
      4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
         the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn:
         {rectify}, {remediate}, {remedy}, {repair}, {amend}]
      5: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
         calculation" [syn: {correct}, {rectify}, {right}] [ant:
         {falsify}]
      6: convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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