1. Adjective
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
2. Adjective
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
3. Adjective
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
4. Adjective
Watchful; alert.
5. Adjective
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
6. Adjective
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
7. Verb
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.
8. Verb
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.
9. Verb
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
10. Verb
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
11. Verb
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
12. Verb
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
13. Verb
To rise upright.
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