Verb (used with object), : He sent them a check to rectify his account. From Dictionary.com.
They "rectified" the problem by substituting another picture on their site and their email link. From Wordnik.com. [Toast:] Reference
The Disasters of War to the Chapman brothers '"rectified" 1999 versions. From Wordnik.com. [The Clog] Reference
The new owners immediately rectified this situation. From Wordnik.com. ["Malibu Cowgirl" Campaign, Anyone?] Reference
The redesigned 2010 Equinox rectified those problems. From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox] Reference
That is the immediate problem that needs to be rectified. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Gridlock] Reference
He therefore applied his shoulder and rectified the error. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
By the time the mistake could be rectified, it was too late. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The twine broke each time, but Lily rectified her movements. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
But if they have, the sooner the evil is rectified the better. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
How melancholicke persons | Dyet rectified; ayre rectified, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
All imperfect letters must be replaced and bad spacing rectified. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
Line one rectified that, connecting all the major Parisian attractions. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Stations And Boyhood Love On The Paris Metro] Reference
Run rectified spirits through the pipette and drain as completely as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
So, this problem could have been rectified if I'd had a fully charged battery. From Wordnik.com. [How not to take a holiday photo] Reference
Moya conned us in like a dream, paralleled, rectified, grappled, and mated locks. From Wordnik.com. [Attrition] Reference
If low milk supply is not rectified promptly, infants can become severely malnourished. From Wordnik.com. [Nursing Trouble] Reference
He saw them, he sometimes exposed and rectified, but he never punished or revenged them. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Such an evil is much more shortly and sharply rectified by Wesleyan discipline, which the. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
Whereas, through thee we live in much peace and many things are rectified by thy providence. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
Moreover, it should not be permitted to continue, especially as it could be so easily rectified. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Isinglass 4 oz. to each barrel helps to clarify and settle cider that is not going to be rectified. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
At the current rate of progress female managers will need to wait 57 years for this to be rectified. From Wordnik.com. [Veterans of Dagenham dispute strike another blow for equality 42 years on] Reference
This is, then, a problem of aggregate demand deficiency, which can only be rectified via fiscal policy. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Auerback: Welcome to the World of the "New Normal," UK Style] Reference
In another year this could be dismissed as a one-off aberration, a blip that could easily be rectified. From Wordnik.com. [Cricket fans pay high price for floodlit final] Reference
Rather like one that is straight of himself, or hath ever been straight, than one that hath been rectified. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
But we here reckon according to the calendar such as it was subsequently reformed and rectified by J. Caesar. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
In his view, when official policies needed correction, they should be rectified from within the party, not from below. From Wordnik.com. [Deng's Revolution] Reference
When the Lord is enthroned the fires will be put out, the heat will pass, and the twisted fellowships will be rectified. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
There are thousands of problems, virtually none of which are going to be rectified without organized citizen involvement. From Wordnik.com. [A Vital Mission] Reference
This is more detectable in the evening on the beach, than elsewhere, in the daytime; but is being rectified as the town grows. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Instead of rectified spirits of wine, I have used with much success as an exterior wash for valuable bird skins, the following. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The breast milk should be examined and if any cause for constipation exists in it, it should be rectified as suggested elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Florentine MS., the Epistle to the Romans having disappeared from the copy; and this omission was finally rectified in 1689 by Ruinart. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Alas, Pandora's box has now been opened and it will take time and a lot more suffering before its demons can be rectified and contained. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: VIETNAM REVISITED] Reference
Before this mistake could be rectified, the enemy crossed at Monette's, burning many wagons at the ford, and passed below McNutt's Hill. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
That's easily rectified by Nyko's Worm Light, whose bright LED lamp provides plenty of illumination without overly taxing your batteries. From Wordnik.com. [Nintendo's New Game Boy Makes A Summer Splash] Reference
Since then, I have had occasion to go more deeply into the subject and have used some of the formulae which follow, viz, rectified spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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