porrect

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US/pəˈɹɛkt/US/pɔˈɹɛkt/UK/pɒˈɹɛkt/

adjective

stretched out or forward

“The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.”

OriginLatin porrectus →
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Meanings

adjectiveporrect (comparative more porrect, superlative most porrect)

comparative more porrect · superlative most porrect

  1. biologystretched out or forward

    The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.

verbporrect (third-person singular simple present porrects, present participle porrecting, simple past and past participle porrected)

present singular third person porrects · participle present porrecting · participle past porrected · past porrected

  1. To stretch out or forward.
  2. lawTo proffer (a document) for inspection.

    The Court said, it was a general rule, that the Wife's Proctor, at this stage of the cause, was at liberty to porrect his Bill of Costs, as against the Husband.

    1824, Thomas Poynter, A Concise View of the Doctrine and Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons

Origin

  1. Latinporrectus
  2. Englishporrect

From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrigō (“stretch out”).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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