Literary notes about rectify (AI summary)
The term "rectify" in literature consistently conveys the act of setting things right, whether addressing practical errors, misjudgments, or moral faults. Authors employ it to indicate the process of correction—from amending a factual mistake or a misinterpreted idea to restoring harmony in a broader moral or aesthetic sense [1, 2]. It is used in both concrete situations, such as adjusting physical misalignments or clarifying a misstatement [3, 4], and in abstract realms where it suggests the reformation of character or thought, urging self-improvement or moral rectification [5, 6, 7]. Through such varied applications, "rectify" becomes a succinct expression of the desire to mend what is broken, whether in the realm of human behavior, narrative structure, or philosophical doctrine [8, 9].
- In order to complete and rectify our conclusions we have still to study the harmony of the facts .
— from Introduction to the Study of History by Charles Seignobos - But it was too late to rectify the mistake.
— from Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena by J. A. (John Augustine) Zahm - This explanation will serve to rectify mistakes which may already have been made, and to prevent future errors.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - Thence a little to the Exchange, where it was hot that the Prince was dead, but I did rectify it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys - Was it necessary for God to grow in grace, that He might rectify His spiritual universe?
— from Unity of Good by Mary Baker Eddy - But if it be somewhat that is amiss in thine own disposition, that doth grieve thee, mayest thou not rectify thy moral tenets and opinions.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - Everyone is morally bound to endeavour to the utmost of his power and opportunities to lay aside error, and to rectify his Conscience.
— from Conscience and Sin: Daily Meditations for Lent, Including Week-days and Sundays by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould - When our eyes were accustomed to the light we had lost sight of so long, I used them to rectify the errors of my imagination.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - Confucius replied, 'To govern means to rectify.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius