Rectify
Rectify (-f?) , transitive verb
[French rectifier, Late Latin rectificare; Latin rectus right + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Right, and -fy.]
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.
I meant to rectify my conscience.
This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified.
2.
(Chemistry) 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.
(Commerce) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
Collocations (1)
To rectify a globe , to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.