Definition of erect

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Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.

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Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith..
League :: League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Camp :: Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc..
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..
Pate :: Pate (n.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc..
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another..
Standing :: Standing (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand..
Upstand :: Upstand (v. i.) To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading..
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Orthotropic :: Orthotropic (a.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
Chordee :: Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea..
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
Erection :: Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..
Pillory :: Pillory (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it..
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