Rectify

Verb

 * 1)  To correct or amend something.
 * 2)  To purify or refine, especially by distillation.
 * 3)  To convert alternating current into direct current.
 * 4)  To add water to alcoholic spirit to adjust its proof.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

 * rectifiable
 * rectifiably
 * rectifier
 * rectified spirit

Thesaurus
accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, agree with, ameliorate, amend, assimilate, assimilate to, atone, attune, be guided by, bend, blue-pencil, bolt, chime in with, clarify, clear, compensate, comply, comply with, compose, conform, coordinate, correct, correspond, cover, cure, cut to, decrassify, depurate, discipline, disentangle, distill, do penance, edit, edulcorate, elute, emend, emendate, equalize, essentialize, expiate, extend, extract, fall in with, fill up, filter, filtrate, fit, fix, flatten, follow, gear to, give and take, give satisfaction, go by, harmonize, homologate, homologize, improve, indemnify, key to, leach, lixiviate, make all square, make amends, make compensation, make conform, make good, make plumb, make right, make uniform, make up for, measure, meet, mend, mold, observe, pay back, pay reparations, percolate, proportion, purify, put in tune, put right, put straight, put to rights, rebuild, recense, recompense, reconcile, redact, redraft, redress, refine, regulate, remedy, remunerate, repair, repay, requite, retaliate, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite, right, rub off corners, screen, separate, set, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, settle, shape, sieve, sift, similarize, sit up, smooth, spiritualize, square, stand up, straighten, straighten out, straighten up, strain, sublimate, sublime, suit, sync, synchronize, tailor, tally with, trim to, true, true up, try, tune, unbend, uncurl, unkink, unsnarl, winnow, work over, yield

Etymology
From rectifier: from  rectificare: from  rectus:

Translations

 * Dutch:, ,  ,  rechtzetten,  amenderen,  amelioreren
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 正す
 * Polish: poprawiać / poprawić
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: tasasuunnata


 * Italian:

Anagrams

 * certify