"eright" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: erights [present, singular, third-person], erighting [participle, present], erighted [participle, past], erighted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *irihten, *ȝerihten, from Middle English irihte, ȝerihte (“right”), from Old English ġerihte (“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”); or perhaps an alteration of aright (“to make right, put to rights, treat properly”), from Middle English arihten (“to raise up”). More at right. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|*irihten}} Middle English *irihten, {{m|enm|*ȝerihten}} *ȝerihten, {{inh|en|enm|irihte}} Middle English irihte, {{m|enm|ȝerihte||right}} ȝerihte (“right”), {{inh|en|ang|ġerihte||right, due, justice; religious rite, office}} Old English ġerihte (“right, due, justice; religious rite, office”), {{m|en|aright||to make right, put to rights, treat properly}} aright (“to make right, put to rights, treat properly”), {{inh|en|enm|arihten||to raise up}} Middle English arihten (“to raise up”), {{l|en|right}} right Head templates: {{en-verb}} eright (third-person singular simple present erights, present participle erighting, simple past and past participle erighted)
  1. (transitive) To invest with a right. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-eright-en-verb-60lksPop Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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