Rectify

rek′ti-fī, v.t. to make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redre : to purify by repeated crystallisation or sublimation, or by distillations: ( math. ) to determine the length of a curve included between two limits: to prepare a sun-dial for an observation:— pa.t. and pa.p. rec′tified. — adj. Rectifī′able , that may be rectified or set right.— ns. Rectificā′tion , the act of rectifying or setting right: the proce of refining any substance by repeated distillation: rectification of a globe, its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem; Rec′tifier , one who corrects: one who refines a substance by repeated distillation.— Rectify the course of a ve el , to determine its true course from indications of the ship's compa , and allowing for magnetic variations, .; Rectify the globe , to bring the sun's place in the ecliptic on a globe to the bra meridian. [Fr.,—L. rectus , straight, facĕre , to make.]