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   Erect , a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]
   Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
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   Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
   Milton.
   
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   Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins.
   Gibbon.
   
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   Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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   His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view
   Superior worlds, and look all nature through.
   Pope.
   
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   Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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   But who is he, by years
   Bowed, but erect in heart?
   Keble.
   
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   Watchful; alert.
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   Vigilant and erect attention of mind.
   Hooker.
   
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   (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
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   (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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   Erect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n. Erecting.]
   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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   That didst his state above his hopes erect.
   Daniel.
   
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   I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.
   Dryden.
   
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   To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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   It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.
   Barrow.
   
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   To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. “To erect conclusions.” Sir T. Browne. “Malebranche erects this proposition.”  
   Locke.
   
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   To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. “To erect a new commonwealth.”  
   Hooker.
   
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   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.
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   Erect, v. i. To rise upright. [Obs.]
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   By wet, stalks do erect.
   Bacon.
   
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