Definitions for erect

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erect e·rect

Spelling: [ih-rekt]

IPA: /ɪˈrɛkt/

Erect is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in erect (ceert).

Definitions for erect

adjective

1. upright in position or posture:
2. raised or directed upward:
3. Botany. vertical throughout; not spreading or declined:
4. Heraldry. (of a charge) represented palewise: (of an animal or part of an animal) represented upright:
5. Optics. (of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted.

verb (used with object)

1. to build; construct; raise:
2. to raise and set in an upright or vertical position:
3. to set up or establish, as an institution; found.
4. to bring about; cause to come into existence:
5. Geometry. to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.
6. to form or create legally (usually followed by into):
7. Optics. to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.
8. Machinery. to assemble; make ready for use.

verb (used without object)

1. to become erect; stand up or out.

Origin of erect

1350-1400; Middle English Latin ērēctus raised up (past participle of ērigere), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + reg- guide, direct (see royal

Examples for erect

He was erect, pale and handsome, and his words came without a quiver.

Mr. Netanyahu has pledged to erect a similar barrier along the Syrian frontier, with changes to suit the topography.

The little squirrel had squeaked his gladness, and, tail erect, had darted into the grass.

After a while, it will seem natural to erect a canopy to shield the worshipers from the elements.

It is contemplated to erect a monument, by subscription, to Mr. Fessenden's memory.

In fact, the effort to erect the Obamacare infrastructure is creating a large number of private-sector positions.

She stood a little drooping and shaken, where for a moment she had been erect and tensed.

There entered the erect, heavy figure of the man whom Mary had hated through the years.

Carroll hopes to erect a plaque in her former home and at the hotel where she also lived.

The original metaphor was: erect a wall to keep the garden of the church free from the wilderness of politics.