upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.-directed upward; raised; uplifted.-bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.-watchful; alert.-standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.-elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.-to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.-to raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.-to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.-to animate; to encourage; to cheer.-to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.-to set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.-to rise upright.