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surrect

/səˈɹɛkt/

surrect adjective: upright.

Adjective

surrect (comparative more surrect, superlative most surrect)

  1. (obsolete, rare) upright
    • My Polygonum minus procumbens niveum Glaucis exiguæ fol. is undoubtedly the Polygala repens nuperor. Lob. and I believe the Polygonum minus candicans ſupinum of Dr. Magnol, tho’ he upon Miſtake applies it to the Paronychia Hiſpanica Clus. which is a more ſurrect plant.1692 July 17th, Leonard Plukenet, Letter to John Ray, point 19, in Philoſophical Letters Between the Late Learned Mr. Ray and Several of His Ingenious Correſpondents, Natives and Foreigners (1718)...
    • Mounting takes care of the water in the crown, maybe the pot can lay on its side after watering or all the time? // I also believe that Jim is correct and that the plant requires more than Phal light. I have owned several, but my surrect one is in my care for over 18 months and it is mounted and 12...2010 October 5th, “Maurice (rep)” (username), “Re: MOS Advise on Sederea japonica” in MOS_ManhattanOrchidSociety, Usenet

Forms of surrect

comparativemore surrect
superlativemost surrect

Origin of surrect

Borrowed from Latin surrectus (“arisen”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise”).

Questions about surrect

What does surrect mean?
Surrect means upright.
What part of speech is surrect?
Surrect is an adjective.
How do you pronounce surrect?
Surrect is pronounced /səˈɹɛkt/.

Words near surrect in the dictionary

  1. surrebuttals
  2. surrebutted
  3. surrebutter
  4. surrebutters
  5. surrebutting
  6. surrect
  7. surrection
  8. surrections
  9. surrein'd
  10. surreine
  11. surreined

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