eright

See also: e-right

English

Etymology

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.

Verb

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

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.

Anagrams

• reight, righte