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Synonyms for rectify

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rek-tuh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ

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Définition of rectify

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rectified; rectifying.
  • verb correct a situation; make something right
Example sentences :
  • My conduct must then have a faulty appearance at least, and I will endeavour to rectify it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Mistakes are hard to rectify after a fatal volley has been fired.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • He discovered the mistake when it was too late to rectify it.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • However, he saw his mistake in an instant and tried to rectify it.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Is there a confusion in the figure, he advances to rectify it with a chass rigadoon.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • Then we must go to him with our titles, and he must rectify it to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • I'd have liked to get at the chimneys, but I'd have had to pull down every cottage in the place to rectify them.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • If so, rectify the error by straightening it and then put it in place.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting » by Eugene E. Hall
  • Annie blushed as she perceived his mistake, and hastened to rectify it.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • To forbid, to prevent, to rectify any interplanetary or interstellar aggression.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

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