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   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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