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.

 

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