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Arrect

Arrect \Ar*rect"\, v. t.

  1. To direct. [Obs.]

    My supplication to you I arrect.
    --Skelton.

  2. [See Aret.] To impute. [Obs.]
    --Sir T. More.

Arrect

Arrect \Ar*rect"\, Arrected \Ar*rect"ed\, a. [L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.]

  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.

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arrect
  1. 1 (context obsolete English) Lifted up; raised; erect. 2 (context obsolete English) attentive, like a person listening. v

  2. 1 (context obsolete English) To direct. 2 (context obsolete English) To impute.