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Look up: Erect

  1. erect
    [adj] - upright in position or posture 2. [adj] - (physiology) of sexual organs
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Erect
    E·rect' adjective [ Latin erectus , past participle of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right , and confer Alert .] 1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect . « Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.» Milton. « Amon ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/62

  3. Erect
    E·rect' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Erected ; present participle & verbal noun Erecting .] 1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc. 2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to e ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/62

  4. Erect
    E·rect' intransitive verb To rise upright. [ Obsolete] « By wet, stalks do erect Bacon.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/62

  5. erect
    1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. 'Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.' (Milton) 'Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect a column of ruins.' (Gibbon) ... 2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. 'His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view S ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. erect
    adjective upright in position or posture; `an erect stature`; `erect flower stalks`; `for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression`; `a column still vertical amid the ruins`; `he sat bolt upright`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. erect
    rear verb construct, build, or erect; `Raise a barn`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. erect
    verb cause to rise up
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Erect
    • (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. • (v. i.) To rise upright. • (a.) Watchful; alert. • (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. • (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer. • (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. • (v. t.) To raise and place in ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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