DEFINITIONS CONTINUED
VERBS
2. to raise, to lift up, to direct upwards (obsolete)
3. to set right, to direct (obsolete)
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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin arrect- ppl. stem of arrigĕre to raise up, incite, from ar- = ad- to + -rigĕre = regĕre to straighten
EXAMPLE
From: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Vol. LX. July-December, 1846
A Summer Day, by Thomas Aird. Morning.
VERBS
2. to raise, to lift up, to direct upwards (obsolete)
3. to set right, to direct (obsolete)
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin arrect- ppl. stem of arrigĕre to raise up, incite, from ar- = ad- to + -rigĕre = regĕre to straighten
EXAMPLE
From: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Vol. LX. July-December, 1846
A Summer Day, by Thomas Aird. Morning.
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