- rectify (v.)
[rectify 词源字典]
- c. 1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rectified; rectifying.[rectify etymology, rectify origin, 英语词源]