different between porrection vs porrect

English

Etymology

Latin porrectio: compare French porrection.

Noun

porrection (plural porrections)

1. The act of stretching forth.
   • 1867, A. R. Wallace, letter to Charles Darwin

     The two flaps on the free end of the underlip clasp little clusters of pollen grains between them and grind them behind by quick alternate porrections and retractions

Anagrams

• correption, renotropic

English

Etymology

From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrig? (“stretch out”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p????kt/, /p????kt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????kt/, /p????kt/

Adjective

porrect (comparative more porrect, superlative most porrect)

1. (entomology, botany) stretched out or forward

   The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.

Verb

porrect (third-person singular simple present porrects, present participle porrecting, simple past and past participle porrected)

1. To stretch out or forward.
2. (law) To proffer (a document) for inspection.
   • 1824, Thomas Poynter, A Concise View of the Doctrine and Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons

     The Court said, it was a general rule, that the Wife's Proctor, at this stage of the cause, was at liberty to porrect his Bill of Costs, as against the Husband.

Related terms

• porrection

Anagrams

• Procter