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erect I. adjectiv

1. drept; în picioare; vertical;

erect as a dart drept ca lumânarea.

2. ridicat, înălţat;

with head erect cu capul / fruntea sus.

3. (despre păr etc.) măciucă, care stă ridicat, ca o perie; (despre o coadă) bârzoi.

4. (fig.) neclintit, nestrămutat; mândru, ţanţoş.

erect II. verb tranzitiv

1. a ridica, a înălţa; a clădi, a construi (şi fig.).

2. (tehn.) a monta; a asambla.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was an immense and solid building, erected at a vast expense.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

His tall figure sprang erect again with a start: he said nothing.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It was of enormous size and power, like an erect elephant, but its movements, in spite of its bulk, were exceedingly alert.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It has triangular, erect ears.

(Belgian Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)

The king, although he be as learned a person as any in his dominions, had been educated in the study of philosophy, and particularly mathematics; yet when he observed my shape exactly, and saw me walk erect, before I began to speak, conceived I might be a piece of clock-work (which is in that country arrived to a very great perfection) contrived by some ingenious artist.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Another effort set me at liberty, and I stood erect before him.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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