Definition of erect

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Erect (v. i.) To rise upright.

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Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
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..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Urechitin :: Urechitin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Scut :: Scut (n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself..
Erected :: Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erec.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
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..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..
Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..
Rear :: Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Standing :: Standing (a.) Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn..
Erector :: Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.
Found :: Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family..
Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
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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