Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made right; corrected.
- In horticulture, developed in a desired direction, as when plain tulips are propagated till they sport into variegated forms.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rectify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having been put right
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Examples
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There are a million secrets buried in the libraries and catacombs of The Vatican – hell, they stole the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and only released what they wanted to … how that was allowed I’ll never understand, and how much they pirated away before the situation was rectified is probably a dead secret now.
RANT WARNING - I'll be okay w/some therapy... deep_bluze 2005
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For the first time it would also reveal all cases that had been "rectified", the practice by which MPs can avoid publication of judgments in less serious cases if they apologise.
Supreme court rules expenses MPs must face trial Polly Curtis 2010
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Late Tuesday, WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said in an e-mail that a misunderstanding about the status of the payment had been "rectified" and the "payment is being processed now."
WikiLeaks hasn't fulfilled financial-aid pledge for suspect in leaks, group says Ellen Nakashima 2010
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Late Tuesday, WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said in an e-mail that a misunderstanding about the status of the payment had been "rectified" and the "payment is being processed now."
WikiLeaks hasn't fulfilled financial-aid pledge for suspect in leaks, group says Ellen Nakashima 2010
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In Florida, the way incomplete or otherwise invalidated ballots are "rectified" is that AFTER the election, the Boards of Elections mail back the ballots & tell the (non) voters what they did wrong.
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They "rectified" the problem by substituting another picture on their site and their email link.
Toast: Lindy 2007
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They "rectified" the problem by substituting another picture on their site and their email link.
Fair Play? Lindy 2007
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Michael Saw, executive director of Hytex, said the company met Nike compliance officials about two weeks ago to discuss violations of Nike's code of conduct for foreign contract manufacturers and that Hytex has "rectified" the issues.
Nike Addresses 2008
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(Nafoc) on Saturday distanced itself from agreements reached between its representatives and Sacob, saying the agreements still had to be "rectified" by its council.
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By this process the essence of two or more old comedies is extracted; their characters and plots amalgamated; and the whole "rectified" by the careful expunction of equivocal passages.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various
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