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rectify (v.)
c. 1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line") + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Related: Rectified; rectifying.
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rectal
rectangle
rectangular
rectification
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rectilinear
rectitude
recto-
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rector