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Erect
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What's The Definition Of Erect?
[adj] (physiology) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
[adj] upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [v] construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [v] cause to rise up Synonyms | Synonyms for Erect: erectile | fastigiate | hard | orthostatic | passant(ip) | put up | raise | rampant(ip) | rear | rear | rearing | set up | standing(a) | stand-up | statant(ip) | straight | straight-backed | tumid | unbent | unbowed | upright | vertical Related Terms | Find terms related to Erect: aggrandize | assemble | blameless | bolt upright | boost | build | buoy up | cast | cast up | Christian | clean | compose | compound | concoct | construct | create | creditable | decent | devise | dignify | distinguish | downright | elaborate | elevate | elevated | ennoble | erectile | escalate | establish | estimable | ethical | evolve | exalted | extrude | fabricate | fair | fashion | forge | form | formulate | found | frame | fudge together | full of integrity | get up | glorify | good | heave | heft | heighten | heist | high | highly respectable | high-minded | high-principled | hike | hoick | hoist | hold up | honest | honor | honorable | house-proud | immaculate | independent | indite | institute | inviolate | irreproachable | jerk up | just | knock up | law-abiding | law-loving | law-revering | levitate | lift | lift up | lifted | lob | loft | lofty | magnify | make | make up | manly | manufacture | mature | mold | moral | noble | on stilts | organize | patch together | perk up | perpendicular | piece together | pitch | plumb | prefabricate | prepare | prideful | principled | produce | proud | proud as Lucifer | proud-blooded | proudful | proudhearted | proud-looking | proud-minded | proud-spirited | pure | purse-proud | put together | put up | raise | raise aloft | raise up | raised | rampant | rear | rear aloft | rear up | rearing | remove | reputable | respectable | right | righteous | right-minded | rise | run up | self-confident | self-esteeming | self-reliant | self-respecting | self-sufficient | set up | shape | sky | spotless | stainless | stand upright | standing | standing up | stand-up | sterling | stick up | stiff-necked | stilted | straight | straight-up | sublime | throw up | true-dealing | true-devoted | true-disposing | truehearted | true-souled | true-spirited | unblemished | uncorrupt | uncorrupted | undefiled | unimpeachable | unspotted | unstained | unsullied | untarnished | up | upbuoy | upcast | upend | upended | upflung | upheave | uphoist | uphold | uplift | uplifted | upraise | upraised | uprear | upreared | upright | uprighteous | upstanding | upthrow | upthrown | vertical | virtuous | whomp up | worthy | write | yeomanly See Also | bring up | build | cock up | construct | elevate | get up | lift | make | pitch | prick | prick up | raise | set up Erect In Webster's Dictionary \E*rect"\, a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e
out + regere to lead straight. See {Right}, and cf. {Alert}.]
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. --Milton.
Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia,
Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins.
--Gibbon.
2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior
worlds, and look all nature through. --Pope.
3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart?
--Keble.
4. Watchful; alert.
Vigilant and erect attention of mind. --Hooker.
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.
\E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Erected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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. --Daniel. I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. --Dryden. 4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer. It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. --Barrow. 5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. ``To erect conclusions.'' --Sir T. Browne. ``Malebranche erects this proposition.'' --Locke. 6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. ``To erect a new commonwealth.'' --Hooker. {Erecting shop} (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted. Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found. \E*rect"\, v. i. To rise upright. [Obs.] By wet, stalks do erect. --Bacon. |
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