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arrecting

arrecting is the present participle and gerund of arrect.

Meaning of arrect

Verb

arrect (third-person singular simple present arrects, present participle arrecting, simple past and past participle arrected)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To direct.
    • Madame regent of the scyence sevyn
      To whos astate all noblenes most leven,
      My supplycacyon to you I arrect,
      Whereof I beseche you to tender the effecte.1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 313...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To impute.
    • Therfore he arrecteth no blame of theyr dedes unto them.1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation

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Questions about arrecting

What is arrecting the present participle and gerund of?
Arrecting is the present participle and gerund of arrect.

Words near arrecting in the dictionary

  1. arrecas
  2. arrect
  3. arrectaries
  4. arrectary
  5. arrected
  6. arrecting
  7. arrector
  8. arrector pili
  9. arrectores
  10. arrectores pilorum
  11. arrects

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