Standard Lemma guide
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verb
To set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
