arrect

t. [Lat. arrectum, sup. of arrigo =to set upright: ad to, and rego to stretch, to lead in a straight line; rectus = (1) drawn in a straight line, straight; (2) correct, proper.] I. Lit. To set upright; to point anything directly upwards. ( Fuller : Ch . Hist ., X. i. 20.) II. Figuratively : 1. To addre , to direct to a Being or person. "My supplication to you I arrecte." Skelton to Dame Pallas. 2. To impute, to attribute. "But God, because he bath from the beginnyng chosen them to euerlastynge bli e, therefore he ar rectoth no blame of theyr deedes vnto them."-Sir T. More: Works, f. 271. *ar-rěct', a. [Lat. arrect us, pa, par. of arrigo.] [ARRECT, v. ] 1. Lit .: Pointing directly upwards; upright. "Having large ears, perpetually exposed and arrect." -Swift: Tale of a Tub , § 11. 2. Fig .: Attentive. 311