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adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, correct, corrigere, cure, emend, emendare, emendate, improve, make corrections, make right, meliorate, mend, perfect, put to rights, redress, reform, rehabilitate, remedy, renovate, repair, restore, revise, right, set right, set to rights, straighten, untangle
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adjust (resolve), ameliorate, amend, attune, cure, disabuse, edit, emend, fix (repair), meliorate, modify (alter), purge (purify), redress, reform, regulate (adjust), rehabilitate, remedy, renew (refurbish), repair, restore (renew), revise, settle
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To correct; to make something right.n.rectification
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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rectify — rec‧ti‧fy [ˈrektfaɪ] verb rectified PTandPP [transitive] formal to correct something that is wrong: • We apologise for the delay and are doing everything we can to rectify the situation. * * * rectify UK US /ˈrektɪfaɪ/ verb [T] … Financial and business terms
Rectify — Rec ti*fy ( f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rectified} ( f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rectifying} ( f? ?ng).] [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rectify — (v.) c.1400, from O.Fr. rectifier, lit. to make straight (14c.), from L.L. rectificare make right (3c.), from L. rectus straight (see RIGHT (Cf. right) (adj.1)) + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factiti … Etymology dictionary
rectify — *correct, emend, amend, reform, revise, remedy, redress Analogous words: *improve, better, help, ameliorate: *mend, repair, rebuild: *adjust, regulate, fix … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rectify — [v] correct a situation; make something right adjust, amend, clean up, clean up act*, debug, dial back*, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, go over, improve, launder, make good*, make up for*, mend, pay one’s dues*, pick up, put right, recalibrate,… … New thesaurus
rectify — ► VERB (rectifies, rectified) 1) put right; correct. 2) convert (alternating current) to direct current. DERIVATIVES rectifiable adjective rectification noun. ORIGIN Latin rectificare, from rectus right … English terms dictionary
rectify — [rek′tə fī΄] vt. rectified, rectifying [ME rectifien < MFr rectifier < LL rectificare: see RECTI & FY] 1. to put or set right; correct; amend 2. to adjust, as in movement or balance; adjust by calculation 3. Chem. to refine or purify (a… … English World dictionary
rectify — UK [ˈrektɪfaɪ] / US [ˈrektəˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms rectify : present tense I/you/we/they rectify he/she/it rectifies present participle rectifying past tense rectified past participle rectified formal to correct a problem or mistake,… … English dictionary
rectify — [[t]re̱ktɪfaɪ[/t]] rectifies, rectifying, rectified VERB If you rectify something that is wrong, you change it so that it becomes correct or satisfactory. [V n] Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation... [V n] That mistake could have… … English dictionary
rectify — verb rectified, rectifying (T) 1 formal to correct something that is wrong: I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done. | Please rectify the mistake at once. 2 technical to make alcohol pure 3 technical to change an… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
