Rectify
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.
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.
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
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Rectify Quotations
I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.
Shirley MacLaine
We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that.
Simon Pegg
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
Xavier Becerra
If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it.
Rio Ferdinand
The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.
Jalal Talabani
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
Josephus Daniels
Many are the things I guess we'd like to go back in time and rectify the things we didn't do right, eh?
Julius Schwartz
Rectify Translations
rectify in French is rectifier, rectifient, rectifions, rectifiez
rectify in German is gleichrichten, richtigstellen
rectify in Italian is emendare
rectify in Spanish is justificar, rectificar
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