RECTIFIED

rectified

(adjective) having been put right

RECTIFY

rectify

(verb) convert into direct current; “rectify alternating current”

correct, rectify, right

(verb) make right or correct; “Correct the mistakes”; “rectify the calculation”

rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend

(verb) set straight or right; “remedy these deficiencies”; “rectify the inequities in salaries”; “repair an oversight”

reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify

(verb) 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”

refine, rectify

(verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; “refine sugar”

rectify

(verb) math: determine the length of; “rectify a curve”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

rectified

simple past tense and past participle of rectify

Anagrams

• certified, cretified

Source: Wiktionary


RECTIFY

Rec"ti*fy (-f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rectified (-fd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rectifying (-f`ng).] Etym: [F. rectifier, LL. rectificare; L. rectus right + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Right, and -fy.]

1. 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. I meant to rectify my conscience. Shak. This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

3. (Com.)

Definition: To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added. To rectify a globe, to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

Syn.

– To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform; redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See Amend.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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