Definition of erect

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Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

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Tenement :: Tenement (n.) A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented..
Orthotropic :: Orthotropic (a.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.
Erected :: Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erec.
Squirrel :: Squirrel (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows..
Proposal :: Proposal (n.) That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage..
Tombstone :: Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..
Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..
Rear :: Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect..
Superstruction :: Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..
Upstand :: Upstand (v. i.) To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription..
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To raise; to make erect.
Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..
Erect :: Erect (v. i.) To rise upright.
Superstructor :: Superstructive (a.) Built or erected on something else.
Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue..
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