Arrect

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arrect \Ar*rect"\, Arrected \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.
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     2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]
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              God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but
              to the vigilant and arrect.           --Smalridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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