Surrect

//səˈɹɛkt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    upright obsolete, rare

    "My Polygonum minus procumbens niveum Glaucis exiguæ fol. is undoubtedly the Polygala repens nuperor. Lob. and I believe the Polygonum minus candicans ſupinum of Dr. Magnol, tho’ he upon Miſtake applies it to the Paronychia Hiſpanica Clus. which is a more ſurrect plant."

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"My Polygonum minus procumbens niveum Glaucis exiguæ fol. is undoubtedly the Polygala repens nuperor. Lob. and I believe the Polygonum minus candicans ſupinum of Dr. Magnol, tho’ he upon Miſtake applies it to the Paronychia Hiſpanica Clus. which is a more ſurrect plant."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surrectus (“arisen”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“I arise”).

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