Definition of erect

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

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Erect :: Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect..
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Vidame :: Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
Erecting :: Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erec.
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Urechitin :: Urechitin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Spitzenburgh :: Spitz dog () A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Erector :: Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.
Erectness :: Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.
Orthopoda :: Orthopoda (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts..
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
Fore-topmast :: Fore-topmast (n.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship..
Build :: Build (v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
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