Erect
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English
Adjective
Erect (comparative more Erect, superlative most Erect)
Verb
Erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
Adverbs for Erect
sturdily; staunchly; bravely; gallantly; loftily; firmly; grandly; rigidly; boldly; admirably; conspicuously; consciously; stiffly; proudly; imperiously; arrogantly; loftily; firmly; grandly; staunchly; toweringly; eloquently; triumphantly.
Thesaurus
Christian, aggrandize, assemble, blameless, bolt upright, boost, build, buoy up, cast, cast up, clean, compose, compound, concoct, construct, create, creditable, decent, devise, dignify, distinguish, downright, elaborate, elevate, elevated, ennoble, erectile, escalate, establish, estimable, ethical, evolve, exalted, extrude, fabricate, fair, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, fudge together, full of integrity, get up, glorify, good, heave, heft, heighten, heist, high, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, honest, honor, honorable, house-proud, immaculate, independent, indite, institute, inviolate, irreproachable, jerk up, just, knock up, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, levitate, lift, lift up, lifted, lob, loft, lofty, magnify, make, make up, manly, manufacture, mature, mold, moral, noble, on stilts, organize, patch together, perk up, perpendicular, piece together, pitch, plumb, prefabricate, prepare, prideful, principled, produce, proud, proud as Lucifer, proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, proudful, proudhearted, pure, purse-proud, put together, put up, raise, raise aloft, raise up, raised, rampant, rear, rear aloft, rear up, rearing, remove, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, rise, run up, self-confident, self-esteeming, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-sufficient, set up, shape, sky, spotless, stainless, stand upright, stand-up, standing, standing up, sterling, stick up, stiff-necked, stilted, straight, straight-up, sublime, throw up, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upended, upflung, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, uplifted, upraise, upraised, uprear, upreared, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, upthrow, upthrown, vertical, virtuous, whomp up, worthy, write, yeomanly
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology
From Latin erectus upright, past participle of erigere raise or set up from e- up + regere to direct, keep straight, guide.
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