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▪ I. porrect, a. Zool.|pəˈrɛkt|
[ad. L. porrectus stretched out, extended: see next.]
Stretched out or forth; extended, esp. forward.
1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 233 Palpi filiform..scarcely longer than the head, porrect. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 317 Antennæ{ddd}Porrect.., when they are placed parallel with each other, and in the same line with the body. 1866E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles 87 Porrect mandibles, one of which—the left—is toothed on the lower side.
▪ II. porrect, v.|pəˈrɛkt|
[f. L. porrect-, ppl. stem of porrigĕre to stretch out in front of oneself, put forth, extend, offer, f. por- = pro- forth + regĕre to stretch, direct. The pa. pple., the first part to be used, was orig. porrect (ad. L. porrectus: cf. prec.).]
1. trans. To stretch out, extend (usually, a part of the body). Now only in Nat. Hist.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxviii. (MS. Digby 230) lf. 134/1 To eche partie and extremyte Of his body lyneally porrecte Thoruȝ nerfe and synewe driven & directe. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 17 The Romane empyre, that was porrecte from the occean of Briteyne unto the costes of Persida. 1826Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) II. 94 The Doctor again porrecting his forefingers. 1874Westwood Thesaur Entom. Oxon. 24 The prosternum is porrected in front of the anterior coxæ, forming a sharp, compressed, curved and setose point.
b. To hold (a thing) out to some one for his acceptance: cf. porrection 2. ? Obs. rare.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 181 Supposynge hym to have porrecte the chesable after to [sic] masse to oon of his ministres.
†2. To direct or present (a prayer or petition).
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's 18 And he..felle downe a-forne the Awter, porrectynge his meke prayers to heuyn. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 266 The praiere of certeyn peticiones whech were porrect in the Parlement. 1483in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 12 A bill of peticion which the lordes..and the commons..solemplye porrected unto the kinges highnes.
3. To put forward, tender (a document, etc.); to produce or submit for examination or correction. Obs. exc. in eccl. law.
1774S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1795) 96 By the new Law, an Actor gave caution to contest the Suit, within two Months after porrecting his Libel. 1848in State Trials VI. 413, I porrect a schedule, which I pray to be read. 1872Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 5), Porrecting, producing for examination or taxation, as porrecting a bill of costs, by a proctor. 1880Times 22 Dec., It is part of the old practice that the promoter of the suit should draw up the sentence, and ‘porrect’ it, as it is called, to the Judge for his adoption, subject to any alterations that he may make.
b. humorously. To tender, deal out.
1746Fielding True Patriot No. 13 Which I no sooner perceived than I porrected him a remembrance over the face.
Hence poˈrrected ppl. a., extended forward.
So poˈrrectate a.
1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 277 Consider the porrected form of the nose. 1848Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 6. 337 The antennæ are distant, porrected.
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