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eright

eright verb: to invest with a right.

Verb

eright (third-person singular simple present erights, present participle erighting, simple past and past participle erighted)

  1. (transitive) To invest with a right.
    • To possession here any fly erighting, Then, without more words by mouth or enditing.1908 (original 1556), John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The spider and the fly

Forms of eright

third-person singular presenterights
present participleerighting
past participleerighted
pasterighted

Origin of eright

From Middle English *irihten, *ȝerihten, from Middle English irihte, ȝerihte (“right”), from Old English ġerihte (“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”); or perhaps an alteration of aright (“to make right, put to rights, treat properly”), from Middle English arihten (“to raise up”). More at right.

Questions about eright

What does eright mean?
Eright means to invest with a right.
What part of speech is eright?
Eright is a verb.
What is the past tense of eright?
The past tense of eright is erighted.

Words near eright in the dictionary

  1. Erie Canal
  2. Erie County
  3. Erieite
  4. erigeron
  5. erigerons
  6. eright
  7. erights
  8. erigible
  9. Erigolia
  10. Erigone
  11. erigonine

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