rectify
rek tuh fahy
- v math: determine the length of
rectify a curve - v reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- v set straight or right
rectify the inequities in salaries - v make right or correct
rectify the calculation - v convert into direct current
rectify alternating current
- We have to rectify the disparities in the distribution of income.
- In an attempt to rectify the situation, the Committee, working with the Society of Authors and Writers, has opened a contest to put words to the Spanish national anthem.
- To be sure, Kopp was aware that the rest of AmeriCorps was being squeezed because of a bureaucratic accounting snafu and congressional reluctance to rectify the error.