erects

Verb

erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)

1. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
   • to erect a house or a fort
2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
   • to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
   1. (intransitive) To spin up and align to vertical.
      • As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
4. (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
   • that didst his state above his hopes erect1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...
5. (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
   • It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...

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