Dictionary
e•rect
Pronunciation: (i-rekt'), [key]—
adj.
1. upright in position or posture:
to stand or sit erect.
2. raised or directed upward:
a dog with ears erect.
3. Bot.vertical throughout; not spreading or declined:
an erect stem; an erect leaf or ovule.
4. Heraldry.
a. (of a charge) represented palewise:
a sword erect.
b. (of an animal or part of an animal) represented upright:
a boar's head erect.
5. Optics.(of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted.
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v.t.
1. to build; construct; raise:
to erect a house.
2. to raise and set in an upright or vertical position:
to erect a telegraph pole.
3. to set up or establish, as an institution; found.
4. to bring about; cause to come into existence:
to erect barriers to progress.
5. Geom.to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.
6. to form or create legally (usually fol. by
into):
to erect a territory into a state.
7. Optics.to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.
8. Mach.to assemble; make ready for use.
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v.i.
to become erect; stand up or out.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
