erectadj.n.
/ɪˈrɛkt/ A. adj.† 3. figurative. Of the mind: Uplifted, directed upwards; alert, attentive. Obsolete.
1.
a. Upright, in an upright posture; not bending forward or downward. Of straight lines and plane surfaces: Vertical. erect vision, the fact that we see objects ‘the right way up’, notwithstanding the inverted position of the retinal image. erect dial: see dial n.1
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect
upstandingc1000
standing1180
erectc1386
upright1398
standard1538
top-right1562
steya1586
upstraight1598
struttinga1643
straight reacheda1649
surrect1692
stand-up1749
stick-up1808
to sit up and beg1869
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective]
uprightOE
erectc1530
erected1604
straighta1616
straight-pighta1616
standing1631
undeclining1820
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 9 The schade of every tree Was in the lengthe the same quantite That was the body erecte, that caused it.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Niv Whether that thy lorde syt, or yet stande erect Styll mayst thou stande.
1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 3 When the plat standeth upright, it maketh a right angle with the Horizon and is called Erect.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 Birds..are so farre from this kinde of pronenesse, that they are almost erect . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 A Snake..in his Summer Liv'ry rowls along: Erect, and brandishing his forky Tongue. View more context for this quotation
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §65. 362 The erect or vertical Diameter of the Luminary seems contracted.
1799 J. Wood Elem. Optics (1811) vii. 148 An erect image of the figure intended to be represented.
1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. ii. 224 He ascribed an erect vision to an operation of the mind.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 42 The figures of some of the women are handsome..erect and good.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 89 Erect with majesty severe The Buchail More upshoots his Titan cone.
b. Used in Botany and Heraldry in general sense.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > erect or drooping
erect1688
nutant1751
cernuous1836
the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > erect or pointing down
nutant1751
erect1811
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 115/1 Erect Flowers [are] such as grow upright without hanging the head.
1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry Gloss. Erect or Erected.. said of any~thing upright, or perpendicularly elevated.
1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 252 The stamens are erect, and longer than the corolla.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vi. 89 Erect, when used in blazoning wings, signifies that the tips are to be elevated.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §8. 277 Ovules are erect, when they rise from the very bottom of the cell.
c. figurative.
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1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity ii. vii. 195 A mind erect amongst the Ruines of a tottering Age.
a1735 G. Granville Progress of Beauty in Genuine Wks. (1736) I. 58 Stand erect, and sound as loud as fame.
1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. xxxiii. 321 A spirit as erect as the king's tiara.
1878 J. Morley Carlyle 175 Here was a way of erect living within.
2. Chiefly participial:† a. Of the countenance: Not downcast, unabashed. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > making bold appearance > [adjective]
boldlya1400
erecteda1586
erect1618
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 542 Not..with face erect, Against the Sun, but, sitting.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 22 Her front erect with majesty she bore.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 326 It is an erect countenance, it is a firm adherence to principle..that assert our good faith and honour.
b. Of the hands: Uplifted.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised > specifically of part of the body > specifically of hands or arms
upahevena1225
held?1611
erect1708
sublime1757
upholden1817
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 14 Vows, and Plaints, and suppliant Hands, to Heav'n erect.
c. Of the hair, tail of animals, etc.: Set up, rigid, bristling.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > types of ear
lavea1400
sousing1567
pricking1614
erected1676
erect1735
flapped1841
cauliflowered1947
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having erect tail > of tail: cocked
erect1735
cocked1775
acock1826
the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [adjective]
staring1578
upstaring1590
upstart1590
upstarted1602
bristling1607
erected1610
starting1680
horrent1744
horripilant1837
stivereda1855
erect1870
1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 91 With Ears And Tail erect, neighing he paws the ground.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xxiv. 403 With hair erect He stood, and motionless.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > alert
warec1000
erect1544
present1548
prick-eared?1550
open-eyed1565
erecteda1586
wakened1609
arrect1646
alerta1728
downc1770
wide awake1785
brighta1819
noticing1820
featy1844
undreamy1848
yary1855
1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. B. iiiv Hauynge their mindes erect to almighty god.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §266 It conduceth much to haue the Sense Intentiue, and Erect.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §15. 26 Just at the moment when their minds are erect with expectation.
Obsolete. rare.In order to facilitate the attainment of uniformity in type-founding, Moxon proposed to divide the square of the height of each kind of type into smaller squares by 42 vertical lines (erects) and 42 horizontal lines (parallels).
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > vertical line or plane
upright1563
perpendicular1604
downright1674
erect1676
the vertical1834
1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 7 The Divisions that are imagined to be made between the Left Hand and the Right are called Erects.
1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 20 Set your Compasses to 9..placing one Foot in Parallel 21, Erect 9.
Draft additions 1993
d. Of the penis, nipples, or clitoris: enlarged and rigid through the engorgement of erectile tissue, as during sexual arousal.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > of penis, clitoris, or nipples: erect
harda1660
erect1897
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > clitoris
clitoral1689
erect1897
clitorial1942
the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [adjective] > penis > erect
tooled1577
phallic1690
phalloid1858
erect1897
phallical1900
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [adjective] > having nipple(s) > rigid
erect1897
1897 White & Martin Genito-Urinary Surg. & Venereal Dis. i. 1 Its average length is about three inches when in the flaccid condition and twice that when erect.
1933 R. L. Dickinson Human Sex Anat. vi. 73/2 Elaborate search of medical and other literature has brought to light no published series of measurements of the erect penis.
1973 D. Potter Hide & Seek v. 152 I..shuddered as her fingers touched my erect penis.
1977 E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) vi. 62/1 The external genital organs swell and the clitoris becomes erect with its tip..exposed between the folds of the labia.
1990 D. M. Thomas Lying Together xvi. 176 He..buried his head on her bosom, kissing a cold erect nipple surrounded by its brown aureole.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
erectv.
/ɪˈrɛkt/ a. In figurative contexts.
ΚΠ
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hiiv Having our mindes erected up into heaven.
1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel 4 Wee erect our best attention to this motion.
1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 54 The Minds of Men began to be more generally erected towards Heaven.
b. In literal sense (of the face, eyes, hands, etc.).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise > specifically a part of the body
to bear upc1175
to cast upc1384
to throw upa1413
erect1609
to up with1766
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. F2v Erect thy countenance, like a man.
a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour in Plays (1873) III. 337 Good sir, erect your looks.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 61 The Bishop..erecting his hands stood all the while with his face to the Altar.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 39 To stand with their Mouths open, and erected parallel to the Horizon.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)]
to set upc1290
mountc1300
erect1552
hoise1581
perch1648
pinnacle1656
spike1743
imperch1786
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 23v Moyses..made and ereckit a brassin ymage of a serpent.
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Biiiv That thou art not erected in faith it is pitie, As hie as three trees, and a halter will reache.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. D6 A little chappell.., wherein is erected the picture of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David xxiv. 7 Erect your Heads, eternal Gates.
1767 Babler I. 224 However we may erect the crest upon the superior dignity of manhood.
a. To exalt in consideration or dignity; to raise to eminence or importance; elevate to office; in earlier use, to raise to (a kingdom); to set up for, to be (an emperor, king, etc.). Also to erect up.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
embroider1629
apotheose1632
grandize1640
engreaten1641
engrandizea1652
mount1651
intronificate1653
magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 283 Grete Charles..was erecte to the kyngedome of Fraunce after the dethe of his fader.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms lxxxix. 20 A man of might I have erect your king and guide to be.
1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. C.ivv Bishoppes, who in the popes name had erected him up.
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) ii. sig. D3v Hee shall erect your state & wed you well.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xlii. 252/1 The Egyptians erected one Saturninus, a Captaine..for Emperour.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 141 Thou shalt finde..as many Records of attainted families..as of families newly erected and presently celebrated.
1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon vi. 238 Lawfull for the King and Church of England..to have erected a new Primate.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 130. ⁋2 We have seen..Monarchs erected and deposed.
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1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. 254 They were erecte vnto eternal lyfe.
1589 R. Robinson in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 364 Erect my spirite into thy blisse.
II. To raise to an upright position.† 6. † b. occasionally To stimulate (in a physical sense).† 7. To elate with pride. Obsolete.
4. † c. intransitive for reflexive. To straighten oneself, assume an upright position.
a. To raise, set upright (the body, oneself, etc.); to rear (a standard). Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect
rearOE
rightOE
to set upa1225
raisea1250
upreara1300
risea1400
to dress upc1400
stand?a1425
upsetc1440
dress1490
to stick up1528
arrect1530
erect1557
prick1566
upright1590
mounta1616
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > set upright or erect [verb (transitive)]
rightOE
uprighta1340
erect1557
perka1591
pert1613
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. A.ii Erecting one, most lyke to fall.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 Ladie, erect your gratious summetry.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 74 If unto the powder of Loadstone or Iron we admove the North pole of the Loadstone, the powders or small divisions will erect and conforme themselves thereto. View more context for this quotation
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 93 The Charioteers sometimes bowed to the Ground, then erected themselves on high.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 6. ⁋3 The necessity of erecting our~selves to some degree of intellectual dignity.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 49 The muscle..is capable of erecting itself on an edge.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iii. 97 Erected against Aliverdi the standard of revolt.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xiii. 325 His weak frame erected itself.
b. Optics. To restore (an inverted optical image) to an upright position.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [verb (transitive)] > restore inverted image
erect1855
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. x. 245 Without using two glasses, the object may be erected.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > be in upright or erect position [verb (intransitive)] > assume
perka1591
strut1607
erect1626
cock1650
to straighten up1891
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §827 By Wet, Stalkes doe erect, and Leaues bow downe.
5. To set upright (a member of the body); to prick up (the ears); also Physiology (chiefly in passive), to render turgid and rigid any organ containing erectile tissue.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > set upright or erect [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body
cock1549
perka1591
erect1626
pert1688
set1708
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §266 You..erect your Eare, when you would heare attentiuely.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 540 At ev'ry Shout [the horse] erects his quiv'ring Ears.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1808) VIII. 318 That this faction..does erect its crest upon the engagement, there can be little doubt.
a. figurative from senses 4, 5. To rouse, stir up, excite, embolden (the mind, oneself). Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
akeleOE
restOE
comfort1303
ease1330
quickc1350
recurea1382
refresha1382
refetec1384
restorec1384
affilea1393
enforcec1400
freshc1405
revigour?a1425
recomfortc1425
recreatec1425
quicken?c1430
revive1442
cheerc1443
refection?c1450
refect1488
unweary1530
freshen1532
corroborate1541
vige?c1550
erect?1555
recollect?1560
repose1562
respite1565
rouse1574
requicken1576
animate1585
enlive1593
revify1598
inanimate1600
insinew1600
to wind up1602
vigorize1603
inspiritc1610
invigour1611
refocillate1611
revigorate1611
renovate1614
spriten1614
repaira1616
activate1624
vigour1636
enliven1644
invigorate1646
rally1650
reinvigorate1652
renerve1652
to freshen up1654
righta1656
re-enlivena1660
recruita1661
enlighten1667
revivify1675
untire1677
reanimate1694
stimulate1759
rebrace1764
refreshen1780
brisken1799
irrigate1823
tonic1825
to fresh up1835
ginger1844
spell1846
recuperate1849
binge1854
tone1859
innerve1880
fiercen1896
to tone up1896
to buck up1909
pep1912
to zip up1927
to perk up1936
to zizz up1944
hep1948
to zing up1948
juice1964
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
astirc1000
stir?c1225
araisec1374
entalentc1374
flamec1380
reara1382
raisec1384
commove1393
kindlea1400
fluster1422
esmove1474
talent1486
heavec1540
erect?1555
inflame1560
to set on gog1560
yark1565
tickle1567
flesh1573
concitate1574
rouse1574
warmc1580
agitate1587
spirit1598
suscitate1598
fermentate1599
nettle1599
startle1602
worka1616
exagitate1621
foment1621
flush1633
exacuatea1637
ferment1667
to work up1681
pique1697
electrify1748
rattle1781
pump1791
to touch up1796
excite1821
to key up1835
to steam up1909
jazz1916
steam1922
volt1930
whee1949
to fire up1976
geek1984
?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xvi. 59 We oughte to erecte and coumforte oure selues with the resurreccion.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee2 It doth raise and erect the Minde. View more context for this quotation
1642 J. Denham Sophy i. ii. 3 Why should not hope As much erect our thoughts, As feare deject them?
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 314 With this Victory the courages of the Sicilians were erected.
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 201 His Book coming forth..my Expectation was now erected.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 131 He found his spirits low, and thought to..erect them by a glass or two of sherry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [verb (transitive)]
erect1620
stimulate1662
irritate1803
re-excite1816
excite1832
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 192 It..erecteth the digestiue faculty of the stomack.
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the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] > make proud or fill with pride > elate with pride
liftc1450
to set upa1529
elatea1631
erect1631
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xii. §5. 137 Least..the contemplation of their proud plumes, and feathers too much erect them and, puffe them up.
III. To set on a foundation, construct, establish.† 10. † b. To raise (an armed force); to form (a nation). Obsolete.
8.
a.
(a) To set up (a building, statue, framework, etc.); to rear, build. Also †to erect up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct
workOE
dighta1175
to set upc1275
graitha1300
formc1300
pitchc1330
compoundc1374
to put togethera1387
performc1395
bigc1400
elementc1400
complexion1413
erect1417
framea1450
edifya1464
compose1481
construe1490
to lay together1530
perstruct1547
to piece together1572
condite1578
conflate1583
compile1590
to put together1591
to set together1603
draw1604
build1605
fabric1623
complicate1624
composit1640
constitute1646
compaginate1648
upa1658
complex1659
construct1663
structurate1664
structure1664
confect1677
to put up1699
rig1754
effect1791
structuralize1913
the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect > a structure
areara800
to set upa1225
to bring up1297
biga1400
seta1400
erect1417
hainc1440
rect?a1475
to fix up1569
uptower1848
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [verb (transitive)] > erect a statue
to set upa1225
erect1570
rect1638
1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 19. I. 59 He hath erected a new tower upon the same for a warde.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iv. f. 19v The inhabitantes sawe newe buyldynges to bee dayly erected.
1570 Abp. M. Parker Let. 27 Dec. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 372 Intending..to erect up certain iron mills.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 80 Erect his Statue, and worship it. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 155 Erect on the out-side Wall your Stove.
1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 288 Gallus lamented much his death, and erected him a Sepulchre.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 4 Wherever God erects a House of Prayer, The Devil always builds a Chappel there.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 446 He erects trophies.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 190 An engine was erected in the vicinity of Bath..on this principle.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 16 A more peaceful class erected silk manufactories in the eastern suburb of London.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 382 The scaffold had been awkwardly erected.
(b) To build (a vessel).
ΚΠ
1650 Sir J. Burroughs in Wealth of Great Brit. (1749) 33 By erecting two hundred and fifty busses..there will be employment for one thousand ships.
b. figurative. To build up (a theory, conclusion, etc.), set up (a pretension). Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)]
findeOE
understand1297
devisea1300
shapec1381
warpa1387
enginec1400
weavec1420
reparel1434
studyc1530
conjecture1551
spina1575
ingeniate1592
think1599
to pattern out1601
decoct1602
smooth1603
to fetch about1611
fancy1635
plait1642
erect1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 25 Our advanced beliefs are not to be built upon dictates, but..[we] are to erect upon the surer base of reason. View more context for this quotation
a1704 J. Locke Exam. Malebranche in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 142 Malebranche..erects this [idea] of Seeing all things in God upon their ruine.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ii. 350 The pretension erected by Mr. Hastings..would destroy one great source of the evidence.
1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 195 It was necessary for us to have a positive Church theory erected on a definite basis.
9.
a. Geometry. To set up or draw (a perpendicular to a given line); †to construct (a triangle, etc. upon a given base).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > represent graphically [verb (transitive)] > a geometrical figure
erect1660
to lay down1669
construct1715
traverse1905
1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 14 Upon the line given AB erect an equilateral triangle ABC.
1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 44 On B erect the perpendicular BA.
1887 T. B. Reed Hist. Old Eng. Letter Foundries 182 He [Moxon] professes to be able to erect in any other square..the same letter.
b. Astrology and Astronomy. To ‘set up’ (a figure of the heavens).
ΚΠ
a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 215 This was the figure of the Heavens..Astronomically calculated and erected according to Tycho's Tables.
a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 73 After Lillie (the astronomer) had erected his figure, he told her, etc.
1715 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (ed. 2) To Erect a Figure, to divide the 12 Houses a-right.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iv. 54 He accordingly erected his scheme, or figure of heaven.
a. To set up, establish, found (an office, court of justice, corporation, institution, etc.); to initiate, set on foot (a project, scheme). Obsolete or archaic except in Law.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish
arear?a800
astellc885
planteOE
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onstellOE
rightOE
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1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse Pref. f. 5v A Pilgrimage in Wales was straight erected.
1570 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. lvii. 626 The Divinity lecture, erected by the noble lady Margaret.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lviii. 256 This League was halowed..gainst all That worke the Gospell to erect.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 73 There is no Civill Power erected over the parties promising.
1663 A. Marvell Let. 14 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 35 Courts of Merchants to be erected in some..ports of the Nation.
1683 Royal Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 1856/1 The Office of Post-Master General hath been Erected by Act of Parliament.
1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. 151 (note) This year Queen Elizabeth erected the East-India Company.
1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xli. 415 The Jesuits, a new order of regular priests erected in Europe.
1793 N. Chipman Rep. & Diss. i. 16 The statute..has erected a summary jurisdiction.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 702 The ministerial board erected by Mr. Pitt.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iii. 125 Two Courts of High Commission were erected.
1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 56 Congress resolved to erect a lottery.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize
make?a1160
host1297
arear1366
araisec1386
raisea1425
to call to account1434
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to call to arms1592
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1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 24/2 These two erected an hoost ayenst Hanyball.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 20 When a Companie is newly leuied and erected, etc.
a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1680) i. 14 It is a common Opinion, that at the Confusion of Tongues there were 72 distinct Nations erected.
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 71 The Cess..for erecting and maintaining the foresaid additional Forces.
1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 123 A new Body of Militia should be erected in their stead.
11. to erect into [compare French ériger en] : to constitute or form into (e.g. an organization, municipality, territorial division, etc.); to set up as (a rule or precedent); to invest with the rank or character of; †to represent as.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form > work up
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to erect into1670
manufacture1683
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ā I had not the least thought..of erecting my selfe into an Author.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 56. ⁋1 For the Sharpers..are by Custom erected into a real and venerable Body of Men.
1718 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 58 The sd. town might be Erected into a Borough by a Charter, etc.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. 345 By secularizing, or, in our law-style, erecting most of the monasteries into temporal lordships.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 455 The Officers of an inferior order..erected themselves into seignorial proprietors.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 669 He could erect every interference in that sovereignty into an act of guilt.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 195 Her majesty was minded to erect the town into a Staple for wool.
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 158 You..erect him into a standard of right and wrong.
1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church xi. 110 Valentia..was erected into a province.
1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. vii. 134 That portion..whom the institutions of the country have erected into a ruling class.
12. ? Used for arrect adj. and n., direct n.
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a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Hi Vnto me formest this processe is erectyd.
1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. Ep. Ded. sig. av No more then the Subject of it [i.e. Honor] erects.
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