rectify

verb10

1. •
   To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
2. •
   To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
3. •
   To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
4. •
   To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
5. •
   To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
6. •
   To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
7. •
   To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
8. •
   (historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
9. •
   (no longer used) To heal (an organ or part of the body).
10. •
    (no longer used) To correct (someone who is mistaken).

    • 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 […] — 1646