Rectify Meaning
/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo heal (an organ or part of the body).
verbTo restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
Sentence Examples
So how do you propose we rectify the situation at hand?
Sami had enough time to rectify things.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The software engineer had to ____ the bug in the program to make it run smoothly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company moved quickly to ____ the billing error and issued a full refund to affected customers.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]"
— 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The software engineer had to ____ the bug in the program to make it run smoothly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company moved quickly to ____ the billing error and issued a full refund to affected customers.