erecting

e·rect  (-rkt)

adj.

1. Being in a vertical, upright position: an erect lily stalk; an erect posture.

2. Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition.

3. Archaic Wide-awake; alert.

tr.v. e·rect·ed, e·rect·ing, e·rects

1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.

2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.

3. To fix in an upright position.

4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.

5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.

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[Middle English, from Latin rctus, past participle of rigere, to set up : -, ex-, ex- + regere, to guide; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·recta·ble adj.

e·rectly adv.

e·rectness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

erecting - the act of building or putting up erection construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"