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▪ I. aright, adv., orig. phr.|əˈraɪt|
Forms: 1–3 ariht, o riȝt, 3–4 ariȝt, aryȝt, 4 ariȝht(e, aryht, 4–6 aryght, 4– aright.
[f. a prep.1 + right n., OE. riht.]
1. In a right way or manner; rightly, justly, correctly, properly.
c970Laws of Edgar Canon 67 (Bosw.) Ȝif man hit ariht asméaþ. c1175Lamb. Hom. 89 Ȝif we hit ariht haldeð. c1260Fall & Passion 72 in E.E.P. (1862) 14 Ȝosep of arimathie: þat louid ihsu wel ariȝt. c1386Chaucer Frankl. Prol. 22 Ther he might leren gentillesse aright [v.r. aryht]. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xii. (1495) 771 Euyll kynges that rulyth theym not a ryght. 1535Coverdale Ps. lxxvii. 8 A generacion that set not their herte aright. 1627P. Fletcher Locusts ii. xxv, Few step aright, but most goe with the croud. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 59 If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. §29. 398 If I understand aright, this is the main argument.
†2. Straight, straightway. Obs. (Cf. rights.)
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1299 Abraham was buxum o riȝt, Hise weie he tok sone bi niȝt. 1297R. Glouc. 218 Ther were duntes aryȝt, and suerdes wel ydraw. c1460How a Marchande, etc. 237 in Hazl. E.P.P. 207 They on-dedyn the mouth aryght, There they sawe a ryalle syght.
3. Right:
a. Exactly, just (arch.).
†b. Directly, straight, in a straight line (obs.).
c1386Chaucer Prol. 267 His eyghen twynkeled in his heed aright, As don the sterres. 1571Digges Geom. Pract. i. xviii. F b, Vntill the second marke offer it selfe aright betweene the extreeme part of your length and sight. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xix. (1632) 936 He neuer after could indure to look aright on King Richard. 1850Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile, Poems I. 89 Is it true besides—Aright true?
†4. Right, on the square: cf. a-wry. Obs.
1571Digges Pantom. i. B iij b, If all the sides be equall, and no angle aright, then is it called Rombus.
5. On the right (hand). arch. rare.
1795Southey Joan of Arc vi. 308 Aright, aleft, The affrighted foemen scatter from his spear.
▪ II. † aˈright, v. Obs.
[f. a- prefix 1 or 2 + right v. Cf. Ger. anrichten, einrichten, zurichten.]
To make right, to put to rights; to arrange or treat properly. Occas. ironically.
c1420Chron. Vilod. 279 All wrongus to a ryȝt. c1435Torr. Portugal 1366 Such gestenyng he aright, That there he dwellid alle nyȝt. a1500Sir Gowghter 129 in Utterson E.P. I. 166 She bad him here pappe, And he ariȝhte here soo, He tare the oon side of here brest. |