Definition of erect

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Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

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Air-built :: Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle..
League :: League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Erect :: 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..
Uprear :: Uprear (v. t.) To raise; to erect.
Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..
Endwise :: Endwise (adv.) On end; erectly; in an upright position.
Rear :: Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect..
Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..
Erectility :: Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.
Upstand :: Upstand (v. i.) To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
Trophy :: Trophy (n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people..
Superstruction :: Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..
Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected..
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
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..
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