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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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"Erect" Quotes from Famous Books



... "it's not the same thing, Philiscus, to speak for others as to advise one's own self. The words spoken in others' behalf, proceeding from a mind that stands erect, undeteriorated, have the greatest possible effect. But when some affliction overwhelms the spirit, it is made turbid and dark and can not think out anything appropriate. Wherefore, I suppose, it has well been said that it is easier to counsel others than one's ...
— Dio's Rome • Cassius Dio
... him. I thought that the fire had got under his feet, but a glance to the ground convinced me that such was not the case, and that the animal was frightened at something more dreadful than the flames, for creeping across the trail, with head erect and flashing eyes, was a huge diamond snake, nearly fifteen feet long and about fourteen inches in diameter. The serpent was too eager to make his escape, and was too much frightened to think of molesting us, but I was not sorry to ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes
... asked Sylvia. Then she, too, heard the subdued whirring of a motor from the front of the house, and she looked at Leila as she turned and recrossed the terrace, walking slowly but erect, ...
— The Fighting Chance • Robert W. Chambers
... The erect head and flashing eyes of the youth drew an involuntary exclamation of approval from the anxious secretary, who had stood striving to evolve from his befuddled wits some course adequate to the ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking
... with the law given to the Israelites at this time, God instructed Moses to erect in the wilderness a tabernacle, which was to be used by the Israelites in connection with their ceremonies of sacrifice. One day of each year was known as the atonement day, and what was done on that day ...
— The Harp of God • J. F. Rutherford


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