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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Erect \E*rect"\, a. [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. [1913 Webster] Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. [1913 Webster] His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. [1913 Webster] But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart? --Keble. [1913 Webster] 4. Watchful; alert. [1913 Webster] Vigilant and erect attention of mind. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 5. (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. [1913 Webster] 6. (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Erect \E*rect"\, v. i. To rise upright. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By wet, stalks do erect. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Erect \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. [1913 Webster] That didst his state above his hopes erect. --Daniel. [1913 Webster] I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer. [1913 Webster] It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: erect adj 1: 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" [syn: {erect}, {vertical}, {upright}] [ant: {unerect}] 2: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: {tumid}, {erect}] v 1: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise}, {erect}, {rear}, {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {dismantle}, {level}, {pull down}, {rase}, {raze}, {take down}, {tear down}] 2: cause to rise up [syn: {rear}, {erect}]