English-Greek translations for erect

• ανεγείρω
• ιθυφαλλικός
• ορθώνω
• στήνω

Definition of erect

• Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards
• Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly
• Directed upward; raised; uplifted
• Watchful; alert
• Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc
• To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts
• To cause to stand up or out
• To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify
• To animate; to encourage; to cheer
• To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc
• To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc
• To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute

Examples

• to erect a house or a fort
• to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

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