erect

1. a. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Source: opted

2. a. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. Source: opted

3. a. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. Source: opted

4. a. Watchful; alert. Source: opted

5. a. Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. Source: opted

6. a. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

9. v. t. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. Source: opted

10. v. t. To animate; to encourage; to cheer. Source: opted

11. v. t. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. Source: opted

12. v. t. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. Source: opted

13. v. i. To rise upright. Source: opted

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