meaning of rectify
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc. ), flavoring substances, etc. , being added.
4. math: determine the length of; "rectify a
">curve"
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