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(1):

(a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

(4):

(v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.

(5):

(a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

(6):

(v. i.) To rise upright.

(7):

(a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

(8):

(v. t.) 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):

(v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

(10):

(v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

(11):

(a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

(12):

(a.) Watchful; alert.

(13):

(a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Erect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/erect.html. 1828.
 
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