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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

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erect Synonyms

erect

modif.

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


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.


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erect Usage Examples

Object

  • fence: He said he had been trying to ' erect a stronger fence ' around his private life.

Subject

  • subscription: The Town Hall was erected by public subscription in 1866.

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.

Infinitive complement

  • commemorate: The lychgate was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Preposition: in

  • connection: A place of worship has been erected in connection with the Free Church.

Preposition: by

  • subscription: The Town Hall was erected by public subscription in 1866.
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erect quotes

Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!

-Daniel, Samuel

A little shorter than the Washington monument, erect, elegant, dogmatic, and ironically witty.

-Reston,James B(arrett)

If you put a floor under wages and a ceiling over prices, a free man cannot long stand erect.

-Wriston,Walter Bigelow

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