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Definition erect

Etymology 1

From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ?rectus (“upright”), past participle of ?rig? (“raise, set up”), from ?- (“out”) + reg? (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).

Adjective

erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)

1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
2. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
3. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
4. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
5. Watchful; alert.
6. (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

Etymology 2

From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)

1. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
4. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
5. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
6. (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
7. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
8. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

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