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   rectify

   /ˈrɛktɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. put right; correct: "mistakes made now cannot be rectified later"
   • 2. convert (alternating current) to direct current: "the current from the transformers is rectified by high-voltage diodes"
   • 3. find a straight line equal in length to (a curve): "his methods of rectifying the cycloid"
   • 4. purify or refine (a substance) by repeated or continuous distillation: "butyl lactate was rectified, and the purified butyl lactate was sequentially hydrolysed"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rectifiable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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    synonym: refine. is a specific kind of: distill , make pure , purify , sublimate . derivation: refiner | rectification | purification , refinement , refining .