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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



... fancy. Though she was so near and in the full sunlight, I could detect no cloudiness in her exquisite complexion, nor discover a fault in her rounded form. The slope of her shoulders was grace itself. She did not lean back weakly or languidly, but sat erect, with a quiet, easy poise of vigor and health. Her smile was frank and friendly, and yet not as enchanting as I expected. It was an affair of facial muscles rather than the lighting up of the entire visage. Nor did her full face—now that ...
— A Day Of Fate • E. P. Roe
... (3) Stand erect, arms at sides. Inhale, raising the arms forward and upward until the palms touch above the head, at the same time raising on the toes as high as possible. Exhale, lowering the toes, bringing the hands downward in a wide circle until ...
— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr
... gone were the shambling gait, the pathetic smile, the helplessness of resignation to overwhelming conditions. Gone, too, were the tears, the pleading look, and in their place stood Anton Von Barwig, erect and strong, his eyes glittering with fire, the fire of righteous indignation, his voice strong and clear. Helene looked at him in amazement. She ...
— The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein
... his head and found that, as he supposed, he had been shaved half-way down to the ears; but in the middle of this bald place the barber had left a patch of hair about the size of half-a-crown which stood up perfectly erect. He burst into a shout of laughter, in which the other two men joined. The jailer patted him approvingly on the shoulder. "Bravo, young fellow!" he said, pleased at seeing how lightly Godfrey took it, for many of the exiles who had stood bravely the loss of their ...
— Condemned as a Nihilist - A Story of Escape from Siberia • George Alfred Henty
... should be well up, the body squarely erect, the chest out. Self-consciousness at such a time is a mistake, if natural, and shows the actual littleness which one is trying by an upright bearing to conceal. One should train one's self until the meeting of people, no matter ...
— The Etiquette of To-day • Edith B. Ordway


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