ERECT
\ɪɹˈɛkt], \ɪɹˈɛkt], \ɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of ERECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
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Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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Watchful; alert.
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Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
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Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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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.
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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.
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To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
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To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
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To rise upright.
By Oddity Software
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Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
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Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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Watchful; alert.
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Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
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Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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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.
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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.
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To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
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To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
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To rise upright.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman