rectify: Meaning and Definition of

rec•ti•fy

1. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
2. to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
3. to purify (esp. a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
4. to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.
5. to determine the length of (a curve).
6. to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem.