rectify
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• verb
To put right or correct (an error, fault, or undesirable situation).
"The accounting department moved quickly to rectify the billing error before the end of the quarter."
To purify or refine (a liquid substance, especially alcohol) by repeated or fractional distillation.
"The laboratory technicians rectified the crude ethanol to remove residual water and volatile impurities."
To convert (an alternating electric current) into a direct current, typically by using a diode or rectifier.
"A bridge circuit inside the power adapter is used to rectify the alternating current from the wall outlet."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French rectifier, from Late Latin rectificare ('to make right'), formed from Latin rectus ('straight, right') and facere ('to make').