rectified

[ rek-tuh-fahyd ]

adjective

1. made, put, or set right; corrected or remedied:

   E-commerce still suffers from an easily rectified fallacy—the notion that a website constitutes a web business.

2. made square or straight:

   This ceramic tile is a quality rectified tile, mechanically finished on all sides to achieve uniformity.

3. Electricity. (of an alternating current) changed into a direct current:

   If you know what might cause "skipping" in a brushed DC motor supplied by a rectified AC signal, tell me.

4. Chemistry. (especially of a spirit or liquor) purified by repeated distillation:

   Whiskey made of rectified spirits, colored and flavored by burnt sugar, was often branded as bourbon.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of rectify.

Other Words From

• non·rec·ti·fied adjective
• un·rec·ti·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectified¹

First recorded in 1550–60; 1865–70 rectified fordef 3; 1570–80 rectified fordef 4; rectify ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; rectify ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

The illegal short-term rental problem was, to a large degree, rectified with the introduction of platform accountability provisions – including penalties.

From Voice of San Diego

This isn’t the first foray United has made to rectify its greenhouse gas emissions.

From Washington Post

The central bank summoned Ant executives over the weekend and told them to “rectify” the company’s lending, insurance, and wealth management services, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement Sunday.

From Fortune

The school must now determine how to provide services to rectify any academic setbacks from the delay if Eli is found to have a disability.

From Washington Post

Fortunately, you have the power, and the legal obligation, to rectify the dramatic underrepresentation of these communities in the applicant pool and in the random drawing when you make your determinations regarding the final six commissioners.

From Voice of San Diego

In most cases that, too, has been rectified—with the exception of Michael Douglas, who is one silver-haired fox.

From The Daily Beast

A lot of their injuries—particularly the people shot in the eyes—could have been rectified.

From The Daily Beast

My mother had this rectified in a later publication of the paper, but that, of course, I never saw.

From Project Gutenberg

By this method a line can be reserved for each hand, and any discrepancy in the scores at once rectified.

From Project Gutenberg

The error was rectified, but only temporarily, at the Somme.

From Project Gutenberg

If this leakage can be seen where it discharges, then the trouble can be rectified.

From Project Gutenberg

From the tincture prepared with rectified spirit, and by either maceration or displacement.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• corrected
• fixed
• fixed-up
• refurbished
• remodeled
• renovated