Definition of erect

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Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..

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Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
League :: League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..
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..
Standing :: Standing (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand..
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great
Preerect :: Preerect (v. t.) To erect beforehand.
Gravestone :: Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone..
Brisk :: Brisk (v. t. & i.) To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Erector :: Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
Erectility :: Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect..
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..
Tenement :: Tenement (n.) A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented..
Sea Elephant :: Sea elephant () A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) 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..
Chordee :: Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea..
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