All 8 Uses of
rectify
in
1984 by Orwell
- Each contained a message of only one or two lines, in the abbreviated jargon — not actually Newspeak, but consisting largely of Newspeak words — which was used in the Ministry for internal purposes. They ran: times 17.3.84 bb speech malreported africa rectify times...
p. 38..3rectify = correct
- Each contained a message of only one or two lines, in the abbreviated jargon — not actually Newspeak, but consisting largely of Newspeak words — which was used in the Ministry for internal purposes. They ran: ... 14.2.84 miniplenty malquoted chocolate rectify times 3.12.83 ...
p. 38..3
- The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, as the official phrase had it, to rectify.
p. 38..8 *
- Winston's job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones.
p. 39..2
- Statistics were just as much a fantasy in their original version as in their rectified version.
p. 41..1rectified = corrected
- On occasion he had even been entrusted with the rectification of The Times leading articles, which were written entirely in Newspeak.
p. 44..0rectification = correction
- Fortunately the piece of work he was engaged on was mere routine, the rectification of a long list of figures, not needing close attention.
p. 107..3
- Reports and records of all kinds, newspapers, books, pamphlets, films, sound-tracks, photographs — all had to be rectified at lightning speed.
p. 182..4rectified = corrected
Definition:
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(rectify as in: rectify the error) correct, fix, or make right