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rectify

Did anyone ever rectify, or correct, the prediction of the chicken that kept running around saying that "The sky is falling! The sky is falling," or did people eventually realize that the sky wasn't going anywhere?

Looking at rectify and talking about what it means, "to correct, or set right," makes it tempting to think "correct-ify." Nothing genuinely word-rooted about it, but for remembering the meaning, correct and rectify work well together. "Correct-ify" would not be correct, though, because it isn't a word, at least nowadays. Let's rectify that: rectify means to correct, or adjust to make right.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rectify

1
 v
make right or correct
2
 v
math: determine the length of
3
 v
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
4
 v
convert into direct current
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rectify
1

v make right or correct

“rectify the calculation”
Synonyms:
correct, right
Antonyms:
falsify
falsify knowingly
Types:
amend, remediate, remedy, repair
set straight or right
debug
locate and correct errors in a computer program code
Type of:
change by reversal, reverse, turn
change to the contrary

v set straight or right

“rectify the inequities in salaries”
Synonyms:
amend, remediate, remedy, repair
Type of:
correct, right
make right or correct

v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

Synonyms:
reclaim, reform, regenerate
reform, see the light, straighten out
change for the better
Types:
moralise, moralize
improve the morals of
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2

v math: determine the length of

“rectify a curve”
Type of:
ascertain, determine, find, find out
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
3

v reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

Synonyms:
refine
Type of:
distill, make pure, purify, sublimate
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
4

v convert into direct current

“rectify alternating current”
Type of:
change, commute, convert, exchange
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
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