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erect Definition

erect (ē rekt′, i-)

adjective

  1. not bending or leaning; straight up; upright; vertical
  2. sticking out or up; bristling; stiff
  3. Archaic
    1. not depressed; uplifted
    2. alert

Etymology: ME < L erectus, pp. of erigere, to set up < e-, out, up + regere, to make straight: see right

transitive verb

  1. to raise or construct (a building, etc.)
  2. to set up; cause to arise to erect arbitrary social barriers
  3. to set in an upright position; raise
  4. to set up; assemble
  5. Archaic to establish; found
  6. Geom. to construct or draw (a perpendicular, figure, etc.) upon a base line
  7. Physiol. to cause to become swollen and rigid by being filled with blood

erect Related Forms

erect′·ly adverb erect′·ness noun

erect Synonyms

erect

modif.

upright, vertical, perpendicular, standing up; see straight 1, upright 1.

erect Synonyms

erect

v.

  1. To build

    construct, raise, fabricate; see build 1.

  2. To assemble

    put together, fit together, join, set up; see assemble 3.

  3. To raise

    lift up, set up, plant, upraise; see raise 1.

  4. To establish

    found, institute, set up, form; see establish 2, organize 2.

erect Usage Examples

Object

  • fence: He said he had been trying to ' erect a stronger fence ' around his private life.
  • memorial: Does anyone have photo of the memorial erected in their memory?
  • marquee: The Sikh temple was a marquee erected in the Pavilion grounds.
  • statue: In post-Revolutionary Russia the godless wished to erect a statue of the betrayer, Judas.
  • scaffolding: A maze of scaffolding erected for the building of the cathedral tower.
  • tent: Some of the women, he says, started to erect tents.

Subject

  • subscription: The Town Hall was erected by public subscription in 1866.
  • parishioner: Died 14 March 1897 This tablet is erected by Parishioners as a token of universal respect and affection for their late Vicar.

Preposition: as

memorial: It was erected as a permanent memorial to the use of the various Brighton buildings for the Indian wounded.

Adjective complement

adjacent: The New Village Sign was erected adjacent to Fords Green on Sunday June 24, 2000 at a ceremony around midday.

Modifying Another Word

lately: Crocketford, A Free Church has been lately erected in the village, which is attended by a large proportion of the People.

Preposition: at

  • northeast: During the famine in the mid-1840s, a 40-bed fever hospital was erected at the northeast of the site.
  • expense: The school accommodation was recently extended, and an excellent schoolmaster's house is being erected at the expense of the Earl of Hopetoun.

Infinitive complement

  • commemorate: The lychgate was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.
  • accommodate: Sleeping galleries were erected to accommodate an additional 130 inmates.

Preposition: in

  • connection: A place of worship has been erected in connection with the Free Church.
  • reign: The following circumstance leads one to conjecture that the present structure was erected in the reign of Richard II.
  • memory: High on a knoll to the right is the tall Celtic Cross which the builder erected in memory of his mother.

Preposition: by

  • subscription: The Town Hall was erected by public subscription in 1866.
  • parishioner: Died 14 March 1897 This tablet is erected by Parishioners as a token of universal respect and affection for their late Vicar.

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