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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
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     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.
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     3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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              That didst his state above his hopes erect.
                                                    --Daniel.
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              I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
              judge.                                --Dryden.
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     4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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              It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
              loving complaisance.                  --Barrow.
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     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.
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     6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
        ``To erect a new commonwealth.'' --Hooker.
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     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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     a.
     (lb en nonstandard physiology) erect
     vb.
     (infl of en erect  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     a.
     (lb en nonstandard physiology) erect
     vb.
     (infl of en erect  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     a.
     (lb en nonstandard physiology) erect
     vb.
     (infl of en erect  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     a.
     (lb en nonstandard physiology) erect
     vb.
     (infl of en erect  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm e rect ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  erected
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en erect ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb erect)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  منصوب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/ 
  postavený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/ 
  vztyčený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  aufgebaut, aufgestellt, montiert, installiert
     Synonyms: mounted, fitted, installed
  
   see: mount, fit, install, erect sth., mounting, fitting, installing, erecting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  erbaut  [arch.] erb.,  /ˈɜːb/
     Synonym: built
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  errichtet, aufgezogen, hochgezogen, aufgeführt
     Synonym: put up
  
   see: put up sth., erect sth., putting up, erecting, puts up, erects, put up, erected
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  errichtete, zog auf, zog hoch, führte auf
     Synonym: put up
  
   see: put up sth., erect sth., putting up, erecting, put up, erected, puts up, erects
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  erected /ɪɹˈɛktɪd/
  podignut, uzdigao

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪˈɹɛktəd/, /ɪˈɹɛktɪd/


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