arrect

verb

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.”

2. (obsolete, transitive)To impute.

   “1532-1533, Thomas More, Confutation Therfore he arrecteth no blame of theyr dedes unto them.”

adj

1. (obsolete, transitive)Lifted up; raised; erect.
2. (obsolete, transitive)Attentive, like a person listening.

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

   “At every solemn pause the croud recoil Gazing each other speechless, and congeal'd With shivering sighs: till eager for th' event, Around the beldame all arrect they hang, Each trembling heart with grateful terrors quell'd.”