Erect

e-rekt′, v.t. to set upright: to raise: to build: to exalt: to establish.— adj. upright: directed upward.— adj. Erect′ed .— ns. Erect′er , Erect′or , one who, or that which, erects or raises: a muscle which a ists in erecting a part or an organ: an attachment to a compound microscope for making the image erect instead of inverted.— adj. Erect′ile , that may be erected.— ns. Erectil′ity , quality of being erectile; Erec′tion , act of erecting: state of being erected: exaltation: anything erected: a building of any kind.— adj. Erect′ive , tending to erect.— adv. Erect′ly .— n. Erect′ne . [L. erect us , erigĕre , to set upright— e , out, regĕre , to direct.]