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adjective
1.
upright in position or posture: to stand or sit erect.
2.
raised or directed upward: a dog with ears erect.
3.
Botany. vertical throughout; not spreading or declined: an erect stem; an erect leaf or ovule.
4.
Heraldry.
a.
(of a charge) represented palewise: a sword erect.
b.
(of an animal or part of an animal) represented upright: a boar's head erect.
5.
Optics. (of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted.
verb (used with object)
6.
to build; construct; raise: to erect a house.
7.
to raise and set in an upright or vertical position: to erect a telegraph pole.
8.
to set up or establish, as an institution; found.
9.
to bring about; cause to come into existence: to erect barriers to progress.
10.
EXPANDGeometry. to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.
11.
to form or create legally (usually followed by into): to erect a territory into a state.
12.
Optics. to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.
13.
COLLAPSEMachinery. to assemble; make ready for use.
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Erecting
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verb (used without object)
14.
to become erect; stand up or out.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērēctus raised up (past participle of ērigere), equivalent to ē- e- + reg- guide, direct (see royal) + -tus past participle suffix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērēctus raised up (past participle of ērigere), equivalent to ē- e- + reg- guide, direct (see royal) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
e·rect·a·ble, adjective
e·rect·ly, adverb
e·rect·ness, noun
non·e·rect·ing, adjective
pre·e·rect, verb (used with object)
EXPANDre·e·rect, verb (used with object)
self-e·rect·ed, adjective
sem·i·e·rect, adjective
sem·i·e·rect·ly, adverb
sem·i·e·rect·ness, noun
sub·e·rect, adjective
sub·e·rect·ly, adverb
sub·e·rect·ness, noun
un·e·rect, adjective
un·e·rect·ed, adjective
well-e·rect·ed, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1. reclining.
1. reclining.
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Word Origin & History
erect
late 14c., from L. erectus "upright," pp. of erigere "raise or set up," from e- "up" + regere "to direct, keep straight, guide" (see regal). Related: Erected; erecting.
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Medical Dictionary
erect e·rect (ĭ-rěkt')
adj.
Being in or having a vertical, upright position.
Being in or having a stiff, rigid physiological condition.
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