arrect

verb, adj — 4 senses

arrect

verb

/əˈɹɛkt/

Etymology From Latin arrēctus, perfect participle of arrigō.

1

Obsolete To direct.

Madame regent of the scyence sevyn To whos astate all noblenes most leven, My supplycacyon to you I arrect, Whereof I beseche you to tender the effecte.1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 313, lines 53–56:

2

Obsolete To impute.

1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation Therfore he arrecteth no blame of theyr dedes unto them.

arrect

adj

Etymology From Latin arrēctus, perfect participle of arrigō.

1

Obsolete Lifted up; raised; erect.

2

Obsolete Attentive, like a person listening.

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect.a. 1719, George Smalridge, On Hearing the Word of God:
At every solemn pause the croud recoil Gazing each other speechless, and congeal'd With shivering sighs: till eager for th' event, Around the beldame all arrect they hang, Each trembling heart with grateful terrors quell'd.1774, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination:

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