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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Ar*rect", v. t.
1.
To direct.
[Obs.]
My supplication to you I arrect.
Skelton.
2. [See Aret.]
To impute.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.
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