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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."

noun

erecting n. The act of building or putting up.

Synonyms: erection.

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Etymology of 'Erecting'

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"Erecting" Quotes from Famous Books

... resources of the existing Unions are in most cases too limited, and the numbers of necessitous persons too small, to warrant the present Boards of Guardians in erecting as many types of institutions as there are classes of inmates. The break-up of the workhouse system involves, of necessity, the establishment of larger areas of administration. It is clear that the County must be substituted ...

— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... had been sent to Poros to make detailed arrangements in accordance with the terms of the treaty of London. Stratford Canning, who represented Great Britain, was one of the supporters of an extended frontier, and in the end the ambassadors at Poros drew up a protocol in favour of erecting Greece south of a line connecting the Gulfs of Arta and Volo into a hereditary principality, which was also to include nearly all the islands. Even Samos and Crete were recommended to the benevolent consideration of the courts. All Mohammedans were to be expelled from this territory. ...

— The Political History of England - Vol XI - From Addington's Administration to the close of William - IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) • George Brodrick

... some attention. The purpose for which it is required, that is, the kind of explosive that it is intended to manufacture, must be taken into consideration. A perfectly level piece of ground might probably be quite suitable for the purpose of erecting a factory for the manufacture of gun-cotton or gunpowder, and such materials, but would be more or less unsuitable for the manufacture of nitro-glycerine, where a number of buildings are required to be ...

— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford

... do for several days, he would be glad enough to make the best of his way home. Still, they had taken the precaution of disguising the Venture by throwing the wheat overboard, tearing down the buildings in which it had been stowed, and erecting a tent in place of one of them. As they were well provided with various changes of wigs and beards, they felt quite safe until Billy Brackett boarded the raft for the second time, and made inquiries for one having three "shanties." Then they realized that a search was being made for ...

— Raftmates - A Story of the Great River • Kirk Munroe

... up in his arm-chair, staring at vacancy—his solitude embittered by the recollection of what he was, and what he had been. The stately edifice of greatness, which he had spent a lifetime in erecting, had fallen like a chateau de cartes, leaving nothing behind but the stinging recollection of a glorious past. He could not outlive it—he could not ...

— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach

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