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"To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right."
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"(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right."
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"sense": "to restore to its proper condition",
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"text": "to rectify the crisis",
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"To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.)."
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"(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.)."
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"sense": "to remedy or fix",
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"To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation."
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"(transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation."
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "tislata"
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "destillieren"
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "damıtmak"
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"To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.)."
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"(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.)."
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"ref": "1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3",
"text": "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 […]",
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"To correct (someone who is mistaken)."
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"(transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken)."
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"sense": "to correct someone who is mistaken",
"word": "korjata"
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"sense": "to correct someone who is mistaken",
"word": "correggere"
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"To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem."
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"(transitive, geodesy, historical) 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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"(transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current."
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"roman": "izpravjam",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "изправям"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "tasasuunnata"
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"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "rettificare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "raddrizzare"
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"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
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"roman": "vyprjamljatʹ",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
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"imperfective"
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"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "likrikta"
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"To determine the length of a curve included between two limits."
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"(transitive, mathematics) 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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"word": "糾正"
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"word": "整頓"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "整顿"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "herzien"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "corrigeren"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectificeren"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rechtzetten"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "amenderen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "amelioreren"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "oikaista"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "korjata"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectifier"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectificar"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "korrigieren"
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "garaihtjan",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "ceartaigh"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"alt": "ただす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "正す"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "whakamaene"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dorost kardan",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "درست کردن"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"tags": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to restore to its proper condition",
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"sense": "to remedy or fix",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to remedy or fix",
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "regolarizzare"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "درست کردن"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "пречиствам"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rafiniram",
"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "tislata"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "destillieren"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"word": "очищать"
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"tags": [
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"word": "ректифицировать"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
"word": "damıtmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to purify or refine by distillation",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "糾正"
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"roman": "jiūzhèng",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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{
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "oikaista"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectificar"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "korrigieren"
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "garaihtjan",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "ceartaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rettificare"
},
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"roman": "tadasu",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "درست کردن"
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "retificar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectifica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "corecta"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispravljátʹ",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "исправля́ть"
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{
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"sense": "to correct or amend something",
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"perfective"
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"word": "испра́вить"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "rectificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "subsanar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "korrigera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to correct or amend something",
"word": "düzeltmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct someone who is mistaken",
"word": "korjata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct someone who is mistaken",
"word": "correggere"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "изправям"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "tasasuunnata"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "rettificare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "raddrizzare"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "prostować"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyprjamljatʹ",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпрямлять"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to convert alternating current into direct current",
"word": "likrikta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce by redistilling with flavourings",
"word": "tislata"
}
],
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"Rectification (geometry)"
],
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