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porrect

[ puh-rekt, paw- ]

adjective

  1. extending horizontally; projecting.


porrect

/ pəˈrɛkt /

adjective

  1. botany extended forwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of porrect1

1810–20; < Latin porrēctus (past participle of porrigere to stretch out), equivalent to por- forth, forward ( per, pro- 1 ) + reg-, combining form of regere to rule, guide, direct + -tus past participle suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of porrect1

C20: from Latin porrectus, from porrigere to stretch out
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Example Sentences

Nares concav� ad medium rostri porrect�, membran� tect�, inter rictum et apicem longo fissu aperientes.

Delitigate me not, O reader mine, If here you find not all like flies succinous; My hand is porrect—kindly take't in thine, While modestly my caput is declinous; Nor think that I sugescent motives have, In asking thee to read my chevisance.

Porrect: stretched out forward: straightly prominent.

Palpi porrect, short, not extending beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical, acute, about half the length of the second.

Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head.

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