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adv. Before this time. — Ere-while', -whiles'', -hwilz', adv. Sometime ago; a little while before. — Erst, erst, adv. First at first in early times; once: formerly. [AS. asrest, superl. of ser.] Erect, e-rekf, «. Upright, or in a perpendicular posture; raised; uplifted; firmly established; bold.— To set upright, lift up, raise; to raise (a building) to give loftine or high tone to, exalt to cheer; to set up (an a ertion or consequence from premises, etc.); to establish anew, construct, build, institute, found. [L. erigere, erectum, fr. e and regere, to rule.] — Erect'er, n. — Erect/ile, a. Capable of being, etc. — Erec'tion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.; thing erected; a building.— Erecfive, -iv, a. Setting upright; raising. — Erect'- ly, adv.