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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
been wrong or crooked); to correct.
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2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
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So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
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All experience hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed. --Jefferson.
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To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
position after careening.
To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
keel.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
been wrong or crooked); to correct.
2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
All experience hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed. --Jefferson.
To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
position after careening.
To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
keel.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
righting
n.
1 The act of putting something right.
2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
inverted orientation.
vb.
(present participle of en right nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
righting
n.
1 The act of putting something right.
2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
inverted orientation.
vb.
(present participle of en right nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
righting
n.
1 The act of putting something right.
2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
inverted orientation.
vb.
(present participle of en right nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
righting
n.
1 The act of putting something right.
2 The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or
inverted orientation.
vb.
(present participle of en right nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
righting
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r ight ing)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
الإستقامة
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
korrigierend, berichtigend
see: right, righted
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
wieder gutmachend
see: right, right a wrong, righted
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
righting /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ/
uspravljanja
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