rectify

Verb
  1. Math: determine the length of (synset 200921800)
    "rectify a curve"
    is a type of: ascertain, determine, find, find out - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  2. Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state;
    Separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities (synset 200475423)
    "refine sugar"
    is a type of: distill, make pure, purify, sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
    same as: refine
  3. Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (synset 200385291)
    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes: moralise, moralize - improve the morals of
    same as: reclaim, reform, regenerate
    verb group: reform, see the light, straighten out - change for the better
  4. Set straight or right (synset 200200276)
    "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
    is a type of: correct, rectify, right - make right or correct
    same as: amend, remediate, remedy, repair
  5. Make right or correct (synset 200200023)
    "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
    is a type of: change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary
    subtypes:
    same as: correct, right
  6. Convert into direct current (synset 200161539)
    "rectify alternating current"
    is a type of: change, commute, convert, exchange - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

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