rectify(verb) convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
(verb) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
(verb) set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
(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"
(verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
(verb) math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
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