rectify.
To heal (an organ or part of the body).
Meaning & usage
To heal (an organ or part of the body).
To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
to rectify the crisis
To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
To correct (someone who is mistaken).
To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
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