[rec.ti.fy] vt -fied ; -fy.ing [ME rectifien, fr. MF rectifier, fr. ML rectificare, fr. L rectus right--more at right] (14c) 1: to set right: remedy
2: to purify (as alcohol) esp. by repeated or fractional distillation
3: to correct by removing errors: adjust "~ the calendar"
4: to make (an alternating current) unidirectional syn see correct -- rec.ti.fi.ca.tion n