eright

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verb

To invest with a right.

OriginMiddle English *irihten ← Old English ġerihte →
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Meanings

verberight (third-person singular simple present erights, present participle erighting, simple past and past participle erighted)

present singular third person erights · participle present erighting · participle past erighted · past erighted

  1. transitiveTo invest with a right.

    To possession here any fly erighting, Then, without more words by mouth or enditing.

    1908 (original 1556), John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The spider and the fly

Origin

  1. Middle Englisharihten“to raise up”
  2. Old Englishġerihte“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”
  3. Middle Englishirihte
  4. Middle English*irihten
  5. Englisheright

From Middle English *irihten, *ȝerihten, from Middle English irihte, ȝerihte (“right”), from Old English ġerihte (“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”); or perhaps an alteration of aright (“to make right, put to rights, treat properly”), from Middle English arihten (“to raise up”). More at right.

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APA

eright. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eright

MLA

“eright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eright. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eright,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eright.

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