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单词 rect
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rectadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectus.
Etymology: < classical Latin rectus straight, direct, proceeding in a straight line, straightforward, upright, erect, vertical, standing upright, unbiased, impartial, proper, right, correct, true, morally right, (in grammar) upright, designating the nominative case (see right adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
1. Of a grammatical relationship: direct; indicated by inflectional agreement.In quots. figurative and in figurative contexts: for a discussion see D. Pearsall Piers Plowman: C-text (1978) 78-9.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > other specific relations
absolutec1400
rectc1400
included1837
exocentric1914
serial1933
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 336 (MED) Thus ys mede a [v.r. and] mercede as two manere relacions, Rect and indyrect rennynge bothe..Ac adiectif and substantyf vnite asken, Acordaunce in kynde in cas and in numbre.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 344 (MED) Knowen ich wolde What is relacion rect and indyrect after, And þanne adiectyf and substantif for englisch was it neuere.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 357 (MED) Man ys relatif rect yf he be ryht triwe; He a-cordeþ with crist in kynde..In case..In numbre.
2.
a. Erect; straight.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adverb] > uprightly
upwardc1290
uprightsa1375
bolt uprightc1405
rect1557
uprightly1601
bolt up1638
erectly1646
up1669
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. T.iii Running my race as rect vpright: Till teares of truth appease my plight.
1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. Ramus Via Regia ad Geometriam xxii. 256* As the first rect line a o, is unto the third o e: so is the quadrate a o, unto the quadrate o i.
b. figurative. Morally upright.
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1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 102 A rect and good and great soul, what is this but God sojourning in the body of man?

Compounds

rect angle n. Mathematics (a) a right angle (cf. rectangle n. 2); (b) a product (in multiplication) (cf. rectangle n. 3).
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > right angle
right anglec1400
rectangle1560
quadrate1568
straight angle1601
rect angle1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 476 Th' acute, and the rect-Angles too, Stride not so wide as Obtuse Angles doo.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 73/1 Because the Rect Angles run Bendwise Sinister, for either the one or the other way, they must go in Pally.
1691 J. Newton Compl. Arithmetician x. 47 Let there be two numbers of three denominations given, and let A F be the square or rect angle made of the greatest denomination in both numbers.
1709 V. Manday tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica Universalis 731 Next after the Principal Rainbow, sometimes also another of the second sort is seen. This being the Eighth part of a rect Angle (that is 11°: 15′,) is higher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

rectv.

Brit. /ˈrɛkt/, U.S. /ˈrɛk(t)/
Forms: late Middle English recte (past tense), 1500s–1600s rect, 1700s 1900s– 'rect.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: erect v.
Etymology: Aphetic < erect v.
rare.
transitive. = erect v. (in various senses).In later use chiefly poetic and in representations of regional speech.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect > a structure
areara800
to set upa1225
to bring up1297
biga1400
seta1400
erect1417
hainc1440
rect?a1475
to fix up1569
uptower1848
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [verb (transitive)] > erect a statue
to set upa1225
erect1570
rect1638
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 153 (MED) The sepulcre..recte hit selfe [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. aroos up; L. se erexit] with the erthe, and was made an yle.
1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman ii. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 292 Mistris Mary on the Banke-side, is for recting a Figure.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino vii. 155 Then their Infernal Policy to show, They 'rected Dynasties of Gods below.
1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 102 Dey hab a big monument 'rected on de square to de Jaybirds for whippin' de Peckerwoods one time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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