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rectificate

rectificate verb: to rectify.

Verb

rectificate (third-person singular simple present rectificates, present participle rectificating, simple past and past participle rectificated)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To rectify.
    • If you need book sources on rectificating, I may be able to quote a few.1997 January 12, <gecross@aol.com>, “Help with RECTIFICATION wanted.”, in alt.astrology (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
    • If the heatsink is not flat enough, you can use "sand paper" to rectificate it (heatsinks are aluminium made).1998 October 23, G L M [signed Gabriel], “Is 2.3v safe for an O/C K6-2 266 MHz cpu's core voltage?”, in alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.shuttle (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

Forms of rectificate

third-person singular presentrectificates
present participlerectificating
past participlerectificated
pastrectificated

Origin of rectificate

Back-formation from rectification. For its use by non-native speakers compare, Catalan and Spanish rectificar and Portuguese retificar, from Latin rēctificō.

Questions about rectificate

What does rectificate mean?
Rectificate means to rectify.
What part of speech is rectificate?
Rectificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of rectificate?
The past tense of rectificate is rectificated.

Words near rectificate in the dictionary

  1. recti
  2. recti casus
  3. recti-
  4. rectifiability
  5. rectifiable
  6. rectificate
  7. rectificated
  8. rectificates
  9. rectificating
  10. rectification
  11. rectificational

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