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A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.

Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits. After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. De Quincey.

That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.

One who, or that which, rectifies.

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders. I meant to rectify my conscience. Shak. This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.…

Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.

Rectilinear. [Obs.] Ray.

Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

See Government, n., 7. Gibbs.

Having a straight beak.

Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.

Proctitis. Dunglison.

Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

A writ of right.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.

A ruler or governor.[R.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale.