Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n. Erecting.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

That didst his state above his hopes erect. --Daniel.

I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. --Dryden.

4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. --Barrow.

5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. ``To erect conclusions.'' --Sir T. Browne. ``Malebranche erects this proposition.'' --Locke.

6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. ``To erect a new commonwealth.'' --Hooker.

Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.

Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Erect \E*rect"\, a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]

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

Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.

Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. --Gibbon.

2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. --Pope.

3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart? --Keble.

4. Watchful; alert.

Vigilant and erect attention of mind. --Hooker.

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Erect \E*rect"\, v. i. To rise upright. [Obs.]

By wet, stalks do erect. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)