Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Arrect \Ar*rect"\, Arrected \Ar*rect"ed\, a. [L. arrectus, p. p.
   of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to
   direct.]
   1. Lifted up; raised; erect.

   2. Attentive, as a person listening. [Obs.]

            God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but
            to the vigilant and arrect.           --Smalridge.