Origin: Latin suffix -ify
Rectify has 7 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
math: determine the length of
"rectify a curve"
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
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"
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"
"rectify the inequities in salaries"
"repair an oversight"
make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"
"rectify the calculation"
convert into direct current
"rectify alternating current"
To heal (an organ or part of the body).