erect
/ɪˈɹɛkt/ verb C1- To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. · to erect a house or a fort
- To cause to stand up or out.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. · to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- To spin up and align to vertical. · As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. · , Preface I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- To enter a state of physiological erection.
He/she/it erects · Past erected · Past participle erected · -ing form erecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- erect
- He/she/it
- erects
- Past
- erected
- Past participle
- erected
- -ing form
- erecting
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“All these monuments which you see,” said the Monkey, “are erected in honour of my ancestors, who were in their day freedmen and citizens of great renown.” The Fox replied, “You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you.”
If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion.”
The Mule carrying the treasure walked with head erect, as if conscious of the value of his burden, and tossed up and down the clear-toned bells fastened to his neck.
‘Erected in the fifth year of the reign of James I, and standing upon the site of a much older building, the Manor House of Birlstone presents one of the finest surviving examples of the moated Jacobean residence—’”
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