{ Ar*rect" (&?;), 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.

2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect.
Smalridge.

Ar*rect", v. t. 1. To direct. [Obs.]

My supplication to you I arrect.
Skelton.

2. [See Aret.] To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.