Part 648

<h1>Arrear</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rear"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, <as>as, <ex>arrears</ex> of rent, wages, or taxes</as>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<blockquote>For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's <b>arrear</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have a large <b>arrear</b> of letters to write. <i>J. D. Forbes.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>In arrear</col> &or; <col>In arrears</col></mcol>, <cd>behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.</cd></cs>

<h1>Arrearage</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rear"age</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>arr\'82rage</ets>, fr. <ets>arri\'8are</ets>, OF. <ets>arere</ets>. See <er>Arrear</er>.]</ety> <def>That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.</def>

<blockquote>The old <b>arrearages</b> . . . being defrayed. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arrect, Arrected</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw><hw>Ar*rect"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar*rect"ed</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arrectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>arrigere</ets> to raise, erect; <ets>ad + regere</ets> to lead straight, to direct.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lifted up; raised; erect.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attentive, as a person listening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and <b>arrect</b>. <i>Smalridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Arrect</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rect"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To direct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>My supplication to you I <b>arrect</b>. <i>Skelton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See <er>Aret</er>.]</ety> <def>To impute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Arrectary</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rect"a*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arrectarius</ets>, fr. <ets>arrigere</ets> o set up.]</ety> <def>An upright beam.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Arrenotokous</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`re*not"o*kous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bearing males; <?/ a male + <?/ a bringing forth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.</def>

<h1>Arrentation</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar`ren*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>arrenter</ets> to give or take as rent. See <er>Arendator</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.</def>

<h1>Arreption</h1> <Xpage=83>

<hw>Ar*rep"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>arripere</ets>, <ets>arreptum</ets>, to seize, snatch; <ets>ad + rapere</ets> to snatch. See <er>Rapacious</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of taking away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "This <i>arreption</i> was sudden."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>