Ar-rēct' or Ar-rēct'ed, a.

a. [Lat. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere, to raise, erect, from ad and regere, to lead straight, to direct.]

1. Lifted up; raised; erect.
2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]

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