rectify
Verbs
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(v) math: determine the length of
- rectify a curve
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(v) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- refine sugar
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(v) 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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(v) set straight or right
- remedy these deficiencies
- rectify the inequities in salaries
- repair an oversight
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(v) make right or correct
- Correct the mistakes
- rectify the calculation
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(v) convert into direct current
- rectify alternating current