Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rectify
Participle: rectifyne
Gerund: rectifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectifyes |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Perfect
| I | have rectifyne |
| you | have rectifyne |
| he;she;it | has rectifyne |
| we | have rectifyne |
| you | have rectifyne |
| they | have rectifyne |
Past
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectify |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Pluperfect
| I | had rectifyne |
| you | had rectifyne |
| he;she;it | had rectifyne |
| we | had rectifyne |
| you | had rectifyne |
| they | had rectifyne |
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 rectifyne |
| you | will have rectifyne |
| he;she;it | will have rectifyne |
| we | will have rectifyne |
| you | will have rectifyne |
| they | will have rectifyne |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectify |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Perfect
| I | have rectifyne |
| you | have rectifyne |
| he;she;it | have rectifyne |
| we | have rectifyne |
| you | have rectifyne |
| they | have rectifyne |
Imperfect
| I | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| he;she;it | rectify |
| we | rectify |
| you | rectify |
| they | rectify |
Pluperfect
| I | had rectifyne |
| you | had rectifyne |
| he;she;it | had rectifyne |
| we | had rectifyne |
| you | had rectifyne |
| they | had rectifyne |
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 rectifyne |
| you | would have rectifyne |
| he;she;it | would have rectifyne |
| we | would have rectifyne |
| you | would have rectifyne |
| they | would have rectifyne |
Imperative
| you | rectify |
| we | Let's rectify |
| you | rectify |
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:]