e|rect

e|rect
e|rect «ih REHKT», adjective, verb.
–adj.
1. straight up; not tipping or bending; upright: »

an erect tree. A telephone pole stands erect. A soldier holds his body erect.

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under upright. (Cf. ↑upright)
2. raised or directed upward; bristling; stiff: »

The cat faced the dog with fur erect.

3. Botany. vertical throughout; not spreading: »

an erect stem, an erect leaf or ovule.

4. Obsolete. a) (of the hands) uplifted. b) (of the mind) alert or attentive.
–v.t.
1. to put straight up; set upright: »

They erected a television antenna on the roof. The pole was erected on a firm base.

2. to put up; build: »

The house was erected forty years ago.

SYNONYM(S): construct.
3. to put together: »

When the missing parts arrived, we erected the machine.

SYNONYM(S): assemble.
4. Figurative. to set up; establish; found: »

to erect an institution.

5. to form (into): »

to erect a territory into a state.

6. Geometry. to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.
7. Optics. to change (an inverted image) to a normal position.
8. Physiology. to raise a tissue by distention.
9. Archaic. to lift up; exalt; elevate.
╂[< Latin ērēctus, past participle of ērigere < ex- up + regere to direct, keep straight]
–e|rect´ly, adverb.
–e|rect´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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