porrect
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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porrect (techn.) stretch out XV; put forward XVIII. f.
porrect-, pp. stem of L.
porrigere, f.
por- =
PRO-1 +
regere stretch, direct; cf.
DIRECT.
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