erect

a. நிமிர்ந்த, செங்குத்தான, நேரான, வளையாத, சாயாத, தொங்கலாயில்லாத, கிடைநிலையிலிராத், சிலிர்த்துள்ள, மேல் நோக்கிய உயர்த்திய நிலையிலுள்ள, விம்மிதமான, (வினை) நிமிர்த்து, உயர்த்து, நேரானதாக்கு, செங்குத்தாக்கு, கட்டிடம் எழுப்பு, நிறுவு, உருவாக்கு, வகுத்தமை.

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E*rect", a. Etym: [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.) Defn: Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. 6. (Her.) Defn: Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. 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. E*rect", v. i. Defn: To rise upright. [Obs.] By wet, stalks do erect. Bacon.