Ratify vs. Rectify
Ratifyverb
(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.
Ratifyverb
To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.
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approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;
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To heal (an organ or part of the body).
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(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
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(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
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To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
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(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
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To correct (someone who is mistaken).
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To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
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To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
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To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
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(transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
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To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
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To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
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math: determine the length of;
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reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
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bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;
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set straight or right;
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make right or correct;
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convert into direct current;
Rectify
Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.A second season of ten episodes, premiered on June 19, 2014.
