arrect Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ar*rect", Ar*rect"ed adjective (Also<

• Arrect
• Arrected

)

Etymology

L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.

Definitions

1. Lifted up; raised; erect.
2. Attentive, as a person listening. Obs.

   God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smalridge.

Ar*rect" transitive verb

Definitions

1. To direct. Obs.

   My supplication to you I arrect. Skelton.

2. See Aret. To impute. Obs. Sir T. More.