Meaning

(obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
2. (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
3. (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
4. (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
5. (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
6. (transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken).
7. (transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
8. (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

Example Sentences

to rectify the crisis

For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]

Word Forms

• rectifies
• rectifying
• rectified

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When Should You Use Rectify?

Use rectify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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