Both Uses of
rectify
in
Middlemarch
- Lydgate did not make the affair a ground for valuing himself or (very particularly) despising Minchin, such rectification of misjudgments often happening among men of equal qualifications.
Chpt 5 *rectification = correction
- He walked up-stairs, candle in hand, not knowing whether he should straightway enter his own room and go to bed, or turn to the patient's room and rectify his omission.
Chpt 7rectify = correct
Definitions:
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(1)
(rectify as in: rectify the error) correct, fix, or make right
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized definitions of rectify include:- chemistry: purify (e.g., via repeated distillation)
- manufacturing: separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- electronics: convert alternate current into direct current