0 present participle of erect
1 to build a building, wall, or other structure:
The soldiers had erected barricades to protect themselves.
2 to raise something to a vertical position:
They erected a marquee to accommodate 500 wedding guests.
They parcelled up existing fields and enriched them with new orchards and citrus groves, erecting infrastructures to support crop growth and storage.
By the early part of the second world war we were erecting defenses on both flanks of this principle of the separation of levels.
The architects' sample shows that they are more conservative about erecting skyscrapers than others, due probably to their knowledge about their problems and maintenance afterwards.
Because of the high labor requirements of erecting terraces it was expected that labor availability, particularly of male labor would influence adoption.
The flow of questions followed mainly the problems that might arise as a result of erecting a high-rise building.
At this point it seems that all the postmodern concerns converge to leave us with the task of erecting a new grammar.
The apparently voluntary action of many parishes in erecting congregational seats may also indicate some understanding of their pedagogical importance to ministers.
This was duly fabricated and enabled the party to make the seismic soundings and develop the photo-recording paper without recourse to erecting a tent.
