Shak.
-- 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.
Right, 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.
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.
So just is God, to right the innocent.
Shak.
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.
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.
Right, v. i. 1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position;
to become upright.
2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat,
after careening.
Right"-a*bout` (?), n. [Right, adv. + about, adv.] A turning directly
about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the
quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.
To send to the right-about, to cause to turn toward the opposite point
or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to cause to turn and retreat.
[Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
Right"-an`gled (?), a. Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a
right-angled triangle.