tumid, erect
(adjective) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
erect, vertical, upright
(adjective) upright in position or posture; āan erect statureā; āerect flower stalksā; āfor a dog, an erect tail indicates aggressionā; āa column still vertical amid the ruinsā; āhe sat bolt uprightā
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
(verb) construct, build, or erect; āRaise a barnā
rear, erect
(verb) cause to rise up
Source: WordNet® 3.1
erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)
Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
(obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
(obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
Watchful; alert.
(heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
• (rigid; standing out perpendicularly): flaccid
erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)
(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
(transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
(astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
• build
• -crete, Crete, recte, terce
Source: Wiktionary
E*rect", a. Etym: [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]
1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. Milton. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. Gibbon.
2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. Pope.
3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart Keble.
4. Watchful; alert. Vigilant and erect attention of mind. Hooker.
5. (Bot.)
Definition: Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
6. (Her.)
Definition: Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
E*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n. Erecting.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. That didst his state above his hopes erect. Daniel. I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. Dryden.
4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer. It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. Barrow.
5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. "To erect conclusions." Sir T. Browne. "Malebranche erects this proposition." Locke.
6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth." Hooker. Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn.
– To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found.
E*rect", v. i.
Definition: To rise upright. [Obs.] By wet, stalks do erect. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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