Definition of erect

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Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

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Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..
Endwise :: Endwise (adv.) On end; erectly; in an upright position.
Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..
Right :: Right (a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone..
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..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To measure when erect on the feet.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Standing :: Standing (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand..
Rear :: Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect..
Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..
Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..
Proposal :: Proposal (n.) That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Maypole :: Maypole (n.) A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had..
Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected..
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