v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting. ] [ Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. āfyrhtan to terrify; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright. ] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. 1. satisfactory; better than average; as, everything is all right.
Syn. -- all-right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. satisfactory; better than average. an all-right movie
Syn. -- all right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + right. ] Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Bed + right, rite. ] The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. Heb. xii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Brite, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. baírhts. √94. ] 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun was bright o'erhead. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

The public places were as bright as at noonday. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the brightest wines
He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Illustrious; glorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the brightest annals of a female reign. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued. [ 1913 Webster ]

bright side the positive or favorable aspects of a situation. --
to look on the bright side to focus the attention on favorable aspects of a situation; to minimize attention to possible negative or unfavorable factors in a situation. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Splendor; brightness. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Brightly. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I say it is the moon that shines so bright. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cart + wright. ] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a legal right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship, including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of congress, including the right to legal and social and economic equality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States in 1913 a copyright was valid for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions. The term was extended in stages, and in 1997 the term of a copyright was life plus 50 years for individuals retaining their copyright, or 75 years for works created for hire. Further extension is still (1998) being discussed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To secure a copyright on. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In plain terms; without ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Without delay; at once; completely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
Syn. -- honest-to-goodness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott.

-- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To brighten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Politics) extremely conservative politically.
Syn. -- reactionary, reactionist, ultraconservative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [ Obs. ] “A foreright wind.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Right forward; onward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Forth, adv. + right, adv. ] Straight forward; in a straight direction. [ Archaic ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [ Archaic ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A straight path. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's a maze trod, indeed,
Through forthrights and meanders! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frighting. ] [ OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG. furihten, forahtan, G. fürchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte, Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten. ] To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.

Syn. -- To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [ Colloq. ]

Syn. -- Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A builder of houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out; as, an outright lie.
Syn. -- flat-out, out-and-out. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Completely; utterly. Cardinal Manning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maker or adapter of plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who makes or repairs plows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a right manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let thine eyes look right on. Prov. iv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right across its track there lay,
Down in the water, a long reef of gold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exactly; just. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Came he right now to sing a raven's note? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. According to any rule of art; correctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

You with strict discipline instructed right. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. “Right at mine own cost.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. “He was not right fat”. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

For which I should be right sorry. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] return those duties back as are right fit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [ Colloq. U.S. ] --
Right away, or
Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. [ Colloq. U.S. ] “We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off.” D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. right. See Right, a. ] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seldom your opinions err;
Your eyes are always in the right. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long love to her has borne the faithful knight,
And well deserved, had fortune done him right. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. [ 1913 Webster ]

Born free, he sought his right. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast thou not right to all created things? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. [ 1913 Webster ]

Led her to the Souldan's right. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

At all right, at all points; in all respects. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
Bill of rights, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under Bill. --
By right,
By rights, or
By good rights, rightly; properly; correctly. [ 1913 Webster ] He should himself use it by right. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] I should have been a woman by right. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Divine right, or
Divine right of kings, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. --
To rights. (a) In a direct line; straight. [ R. ] Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] Swift. --
To set to rights,
To put to rights, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. --
Writ of right (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n. Righting. ] [ AS. rihtan. See Right, a. ] 1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

So just is God, to right the innocent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening. --
To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. rätt, Icel. rettr, Goth. raíhts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. &rsdot_;ju straight, right. √115. Cf. Adroit, Alert, Correct, Dress, Regular, Rector, Recto, Rectum, Regent, Region, Realm, Rich, Royal, Rule. ] 1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. “Right as any line.” Chaucer [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. “His right wife.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, “Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lady has been disappointed on the right side. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of the current's flow. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

At right angles, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly. --
Right and left, in both or all directions. [ Colloq. ] --
Right and left coupling (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly. --
Right angle. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other. --
Right ascension. See under Ascension. --
Right Center (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See Center, n., 5. --
Right cone,
Right cylinder,
Right prism,
Right pyramid (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base. --
Right line. See under Line. --
Right sailing (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both. Ham. Nav. Encyc. --
Right sphere (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is right, true. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Right, ” cries his lordship. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Shriek. ] A shriek; shrieking. [ Obs ] Spenser. “All hoarse for shright.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. & p. p. of Shriek. [ 1913 Webster ]

She cried alway and shright. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sprite. ] 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [ Obs. ] “The high heroic spright.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
Syn. -- sprite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
Legions of sprights. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of short arrow. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To haunt, as a spright. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Nervousness felt before an audience. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ AS. unriht. See Un- not, and Right. ] Not right; wrong. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor did I you never unright. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + right. ] To cause (something right) to become wrong. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a. ] 1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All have their ears upright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

And that man [ Job ] was perfect and upright. Job i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conformable to moral rectitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [ Obs. ] “ He lay upright.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible. [ 1913 Webster ]