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Erect   /ɪrˈɛkt/   Listen
verb
Erect  v. t.  (past & past part. erected; pres. part. erecting)  
1.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
2.
To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
3.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. "That didst his state above his hopes erect." "I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge."
4.
To animate; to encourage; to cheer. "It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance."
5.
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. "To erect conclusions." "Malebranche erects this proposition."
6.
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth."
Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.
Synonyms: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found.


Erect  v. i.  To rise upright. (Obs.) "By wet, stalks do erect."


adjective
Erect  adj.  
1.
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. "Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall." "Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect a column of ruins."
2.
Directed upward; raised; uplifted. "His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through."
3.
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. "But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart?"
4.
Watchful; alert. "Vigilant and erect attention of mind."
5.
(Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
6.
(Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.





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... Hunters from the land of spirits seek the bison and the deer Where the Saxon now inherits golden field and silver mere; And beside the mound where buried lies the dark-eyed maid he loves, Some tall warrior, wan and wearied, in the misty moonlight moves. See—he stands erect and lingers—stoic still, but loth to go— Clutching in his tawny fingers feathered shaft and polished bow. Never wail or moan he utters and no tear is on his face, But a warrior's curse he mutters on the crafty ...
— The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems • H. L. Gordon
... a little more erect than usual, her step firm, and a proud bright light in her eyes, went quickly down the little rambling village street. The plain black dress she wore set off her yellow hair and extremely fair complexion to the best advantage. ...
— The Palace Beautiful - A Story for Girls • L. T. Meade
... of distressed defendants, and a youth of a hundred accomplishments; he shall bear the ensigns of your warfare far and wide; and whenever, more prevailing than the ample presents of a rival, he shall laugh [at his expense], he shall erect thee in marble under a citron dome near the Alban lake. There you shall smell abundant frankincense, and shall be charmed with the mixed music of the lyre and Berecynthian pipe, not without the flageolet. There the youths, together with the tender ...
— The Works of Horace • Horace
... Bassett, erect, and a proud nurse with little Compton, just able to hold his nurse's ...
— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade
... blasphemy against the Great Designer. He has determined how each plant shall grow: how, within limits of cultivation, its stems and branches shall separate, each to seek its own share of air and sunshine; how its leaves shall stand erect or droop, each according to its function; and always in perfect beauty. And further: how each family of plants shall have its own method of branching; which is as much a part of its character and often of its beauty as are the Flowers ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various


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