Definition of erect

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

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Erect :: Erect (v. t.) 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..
Stallage :: Stallage (n.) The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
Gravestone :: Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone..
Structure :: Structure (n.) The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Erector :: Erector (n.) One who, or that which, erects..
Erigible :: Erigible (a.) Capable of being erected.
Hoopoo :: Hoopoo (n.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera..
Dome :: Dome (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc..
Step :: Step (v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
Stand-by :: Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
Erectness :: Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.
Urechitin :: Urechitin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Erected :: Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erec.
Construction :: Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Maypole :: Maypole (n.) A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Superstruction :: Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
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