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      rectify
      verb
      convert into direct current
      make right or correct
      set straight or right
      bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
      reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state
      math: determine the length of
      Roots
      rectusrect- · Latin · right, straightfacio-fy · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for rectify
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      Words related to rectify
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