Verb
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convert into direct current
"rectify alternating current"
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make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"
"rectify the calculation"
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set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"
"rectify the inequities in salaries"
"repair an oversight"
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bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
"The Church reformed me"
"reform your conduct"
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reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state
separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
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math: determine the length of
"rectify a curve"