Ar*rect" (#), 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.
© Webster 1913.