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porrect

UK/pəˈɹɛkt/US/pəˈɹɛkt/

porrect adjective: stretched out or forward.

porrect: stretched out or forward
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Adjective

porrect (comparative more porrect, superlative most porrect)

  1. stretched out or forward
    • The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.

Verb

porrect (third-person singular simple present porrects, present participle porrecting, simple past and past participle porrected)

  1. To stretch out or forward.
  2. To proffer (a document) for inspection.
    • The Court said, it was a general rule, that the Wife's Proctor, at this stage of the cause, was at liberty to porrect his Bill of Costs, as against the Husband.1824, Thomas Poynter, A Concise View of the Doctrine and Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons

Forms of porrect

Adjective
comparativemore porrect
superlativemost porrect
Verb
third-person singular presentporrects
present participleporrecting
past participleporrected
pastporrected

Origin of porrect

From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrigō (“stretch out”).

Words formed from porrect

Questions about porrect

What does porrect mean?
Porrect means stretched out or forward.
What part of speech is porrect?
Porrect can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce porrect?
Porrect is pronounced /pəˈɹɛkt/ (US).

Words near porrect in the dictionary

  1. Porrata
  2. Porratas
  3. porray
  4. Porreca
  5. Porrecas
  6. porrect
  7. porrected
  8. porrecti
  9. porrecting
  10. porrection
  11. porrections

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