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Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not
leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. |
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Directed upward; raised; uplifted. |
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Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. |
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Watchful; alert. |
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Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or
to the surface to which it is attached. |
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Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. |
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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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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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To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. |
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To animate; to encourage; to cheer. |
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To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises,
or the like. |
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To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. |
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To rise upright. |
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