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— English words —

• rectify v. (Obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
• rectify v. (Transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
• rectify v. (Transitive) To remedy or fix (An undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
• rectify v. (Transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
• rectify v. (Transitive) To correct or amend (A mistake, defect etc.).
• rectify v. (Transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken).
• rectify v. (Transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
• rectify v. (Transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
• rectify v. (Transitive, mathematics) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
• rectify v. (Transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (Whisky…

— English word, defined in French —

• rectify v. Rectifier, remédier, redresser un jugement.

77 English words from 10 English definitions

adjust affairs alternating alternating␣current amend bad between body brandy chemistry condition convert correct current curve defect determine direct direct␣current distillation electronics etc factitious fix for geodesy gin globe heal historical included into its length limits mathematics mistake mistaken now Obsolete of␣a organ or␣something out part prepare problem produce proper proposed purify rare redistilling refine remedy restore right set situation solution someone something spirits state state␣of␣affairs straighten straighten␣out strong substance sundial the transitive two undesirable Whisky who wines

3 English words from the foreign definition

jugement Rectifier redresser

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

remédier

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

rectifying

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

correctifying misrectifying nonrectifying orthorectifying

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

correctify georectify misrectify orthorectify

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CTI ECT ect. -ify rec rec. rect rect- recti recti- tif TIF

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CER fit FiT FIT ITC tce TCE

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

certify cretify

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

chertify creatify feracity ferocity fiercity free␣city

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ferity

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