• Eright

    Origin

    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.

    Full definition of eright

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To invest with a right.
      • 1908 (original 1556), John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The spider and the fly:To possession here any fly erighting, Then, without more words by mouth or enditing.
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