arrear an cet (arerans)

[ IMG:content-1159.png:[blocks in formation] arrectt (a-rekt'), v. t. [ arrect us , pp. of arri gere , set up, raise, erect, ad , to, regere , keep straight, direct.] 1. To raise or lift up; make erect. Having large ears perpetually exposed and arrected . Swift , Tale of a Tub, xi. 2. To direct. Arrect ing my sight towards the zodiake. Skelton , Poems, p. 9. Therefore he arrecteth no blame.. to them. Sir T. More, Works, fol. 271. arrect arrect, arrected (a-rekt', a-rek'ted), a. [L. arrect us: see the verb.) 11. Erect; erected. -21. Attentive, as a person listening. Eager for the event, Around the beldame all arrect they hang. Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination, i. 269. 3. In bot ., pointing upward; brought into an upright position. A. Gray.