What does "arrect" mean?
Arrect: Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.] God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smalridge.
Additional senses
- 2.To direct. [Obs.] My supplication to you I arrect. Skelton.
- 3.Etym: [See Aret.] To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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