Definition of erect

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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..

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Erector :: Erector (n.) One who, or that which, erects..
Maypole :: Maypole (n.) A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had..
League :: League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness..
Pate :: Pate (n.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place..
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..
Superstruction :: Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
Profiling :: Profiling (n.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points..
Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Pillory :: Pillory (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it..
Erected :: Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erec.
Tiara :: Tiara (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over..
Step :: Step (v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
Right :: Right (a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Orthotropic :: Orthotropic (a.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.
Uprear :: Uprear (v. t.) To raise; to erect.
Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect..
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