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Definition of porrect - 2 dictionary results

por⋅rect

  [puh-rekt, paw-]
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–adjective
extending horizontally; projecting.
Origin:
1810–20; < L porrēctus (ptp. of porrigere to stretch out), equiv. to por- forth, forward (see per, pro- 1 ) + reg-, comb. form of regere to rule, guide, direct + -tus ptp. suffix
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por·rect   (pə-rěkt', pô-)   
adj.   Zoology
Stretched out or forth; extended, especially forward: porrect mandibles.

[Latin porrēctus, past participle of porrigere, to stretch out : por-, forward, out; see per1 in Indo-European roots + regere, to direct, rule; see direct.]
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