Rectify: alternatives and connections

To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to am…

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To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to am…

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

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To cause to turn; to turn.

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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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See Distill.

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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

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The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…

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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

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Remedial.

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That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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To return.

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Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

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Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

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The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…

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The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…

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The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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One who, or that which, refines.

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One who, or that which, refines.

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

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To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to am…

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Reproduced.

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Remedial.

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That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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To return.

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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