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Definition of Erect
E`rect´ | a. | 1. | Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. | | 2. | Directed upward; raised; uplifted. | | 3. | Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. | | 4. | Watchful; alert. | | 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. | | v. t. | 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. | | 4. | To animate; to encourage; to cheer. | | 5. | To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. | | 6. | To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. | | v. i. | 1. | To rise upright. |
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