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rightle

/ˈɹaɪtl̩/

rightle verb: to set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.

Verb

rightle (third-person singular simple present rightles, present participle rightling, simple past and past participle rightled)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
    • Her husband's been helping her to get things rightled a bit.

Forms of rightle

third-person singular presentrightles
present participlerightling
past participlerightled
pastrightled

Origin of rightle

By surface analysis, right + -le; or perhaps an alteration of Middle English rightlechen (“to correct, rectify”), from Old English rihtlǣċan (“to make right, rectify, correct, amend”).

Words formed from rightle

  • rightle up
  • rightling

Questions about rightle

What does rightle mean?
Rightle means to set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
What part of speech is rightle?
Rightle is a verb.
How do you pronounce rightle?
Rightle is pronounced /ˈɹaɪtl̩/.
What is the past tense of rightle?
The past tense of rightle is rightled.

Words near rightle in the dictionary

  1. rightish
  2. rightism
  3. rightisms
  4. rightist
  5. rightists
  6. rightle
  7. rightless
  8. rightlessness
  9. rightlier
  10. rightliest
  11. rightly

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