Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rectify
Participle: rectified
Gerund: rectifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectifies |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Perfect
| I | have rectified |
| you | have rectified |
| he;she;it | has rectified |
| we | have rectified |
| you | have rectified |
| they | have rectified |
Past
| I | rectified |
| you | rectified |
| he;she;it | rectified |
| we | rectified |
| you | rectified |
| they | rectified |
Pluperfect
| I | had rectified |
| you | had rectified |
| he;she;it | had rectified |
| we | had rectified |
| you | had rectified |
| they | had rectified |
Future
| I | will rectify |
| you | will rectify |
| he;she;it | will rectify |
| we | will rectify |
| you | will rectify |
| they | will rectify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rectified |
| you | will have rectified |
| he;she;it | will have rectified |
| we | will have rectified |
| you | will have rectified |
| they | will have rectified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectify |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Perfect
| I | have rectified |
| you | have rectified |
| he;she;it | have rectified |
| we | have rectified |
| you | have rectified |
| they | have rectified |
Imperfect
| I | rectified |
| you | rectified |
| he;she;it | rectified |
| we | rectified |
| you | rectified |
| they | rectified |
Pluperfect
| I | had rectified |
| you | had rectified |
| he;she;it | had rectified |
| we | had rectified |
| you | had rectified |
| they | had rectified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rectify |
| you | would rectify |
| he;she;it | would rectify |
| we | would rectify |
| you | would rectify |
| they | would rectify |
Perfect
| I | would have rectified |
| you | would have rectified |
| he;she;it | would have rectified |
| we | would have rectified |
| you | would have rectified |
| they | would have rectified |
Imperative
| you | rectify |
| we | Let's rectify |
| you | rectify |
Verbs conjugated like 'rectify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rectify'
beatify,
certify,
creatify,
cretify,
factify,
fructify,
lactify,
neatify,
netify,
pestify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To correct or amend something.
- repair
- correct
- amend, adjust, improve, remedy, reform, straighten, better, mend
Antonyms
- to cause something to change its shape into a curve
- straighten, bend, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unroll
- correct
- incorrect, wrong, false, untrue
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1400, from O.Fr.
rectifier, lit. "to make straight" (14c.), from L.L.
rectificare "make right" (3c.), from L.
rectus "straight" (see right) + root of
facere "to make" (see factitious).
2. From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
Verbs referencing "rectify"
Esperanto
rektifi.
Sample Sentences
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to rectify the crisis
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For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […] [1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:]