{ Ar‐rect″ (�), Ar‐rect″ed, } a. [L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct.] 1. Lifted up; raised; erect.
2. Attentive, as a person listening.
God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect.
Smalridge.