Definition of erect

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Erect (v. t.) 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..

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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..
Erecting :: Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erec.
Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading..
Temple :: Temple (n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church..
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
Superstructor :: Superstructive (a.) Built or erected on something else.
Erectly :: Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.
Erected :: Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erec.
Roebuck :: Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds..
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..
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..
Building :: Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing..
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect..
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.
Tombstone :: Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased..
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