The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arrect
Arrect \Ar*rect"\, v. t.
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To direct. [Obs.]
My supplication to you I arrect.
--Skelton. [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.]
Lifted up; raised; erect.
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Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]
God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect.
--Smalridge.
Wiktionary
arrect
1 (context obsolete English) Lifted up; raised; erect. 2 (context obsolete English) attentive, like a person listening. v
1 (context obsolete English) To direct. 2 (context obsolete English) To impute.