Erect

[ɪ'rekt] or [ɪ'rɛkt]

Definition

(adj.) upright in position or posture; 'an erect stature'; 'erect flower stalks'; 'for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression'; 'a column still vertical amid the ruins'; 'he sat bolt upright' .

Edited by Gail--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

(a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

(a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

(a.) Watchful; alert.

(a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

(a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

(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.

(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.

(v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

(v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

(v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.

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

(v. i.) To rise upright.

Inputed by Camille

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Set up, place upright, set upright.[2]. Raise, build, construct.[3]. Exalt, elevate, magnify.[4]. Institute, found, form, plant, establish.[5]. [Poetical.] Cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourage.

a. [1]. Upright, not prone.[2]. Elevated, turned upward.[3]. Bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken.

Typed by Adele

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Elevate, raise, establish, plant, uplift, construct, build, found, institute,set_up

ANT:Lower, supplant, subvert, der_press, remove, destroy, demolish

Checked by Kathy

Definition

v.t. to set upright: to raise: to build: to exalt: to establish.—adj. upright: directed upward.—adj. Erect′ed.—ns. Erect′er Erect′or one who or that which erects or raises: a muscle which assists in erecting a part or an organ: an attachment to a compound microscope for making the image erect instead of inverted.—adj. Erect′ile that may be erected.—ns. Erectil′ity quality of being erectile; Erec′tion act of erecting: state of being erected: exaltation: anything erected: a building of any kind.—adj. Erect′ive tending to erect.—adv. Erect′ly.—n. Erect′ness.

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