Rect

Part of speech: noun, adjective

Definitions

1. To straighten or make right; to correct or adjust to proper order or condition; to align or arrange properly
2. To set something straight; to fix errors or faults; to bring into proper alignment or position
3. To make or become correct; to remedy inaccuracies or misplacements; to place in proper order or orientation

Etymology: A rectangle is, literally, a "right angle" shape. The name came into English from Middle French, which had taken it from the Medieval or Late Latin "rectangulum," built from Latin "rectus" ("right," "straight") and "angulus" ("angle"). So the name describes the corners, not the overall outline. "Rect" is simply a shortened form of that name. The Latin "rectus" also lies behind English words for setting things right. Its sense of "straight, upright, proper" is the same idea that makes something correct, so a verb meaning to put matters back in order grows naturally from the same root. Here the connection is through shared Latin ancestry rather than through the clipping itself.