eright

== English == === 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. === Verb === eright (third-person singular simple present erights, present participle erighting, simple past and past participle erighted) (transitive) To invest with a right. 1908 (original 1556), John Heywood, John Stephen Farmer, The spider and the fly: To possession here any fly erighting, Then, without more words by mouth or enditing. === Anagrams === reight, righte