eright

verb

eright

verb

Etymology From Middle English *irihten, *ȝerihten, from Middle English irihte, ȝerihte (“right”), from Old English ġerihte (“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”); or perhaps an alteration of aright (“to make right, put to rights, treat properly”), from Middle English arihten (“to raise up”). More at right.

1

To invest with a right.

  • To possession here any fly erighting, Then, without more words by mouth or enditing.1908 (original 1556), John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The spider and the fly

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