Definition of Erects

1. Verb. (third-person singular of erect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erects

1. erect [v] - See also: erect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erects

erections
erective
erectly
erectness
erectnesses
erecto-patent
erectogenic
erectopatent
erector
erector-spinal reflex
erector muscle of spine
erector muscles of hairs
erector spinae muscles
erectors
erectour
erects (current term)
ered
erelong
eremacausis
eremean
eremetic
eremic
eremitage
eremitages
eremital
eremite
eremites
eremitic
eremitical
eremitish

Literary usage of Erects

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"... in 1798, on Missouri Soil—St. Cosme erects a Cross on the Right Bank of the Mississippi in 1699 Near Cape St. Antoine, Probably Within the Present Perry ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(3) The king as fountain of justice—(a) King erects courts of justice.—Another capacity, in •which the king is considered in domestic affairs is as the ..."

3. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"CHAPTER XI while her Husband conceives an Affection for his Mrs Trunnion erects a Tyranny in the Garrison, Nephew Perry, who manifests a Peculiarity of ..."

4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"When one owning adjoining lots erects a wall partly on each lot and then conveys to ... If a person erects two buildings on adjoining lots of his own, ..."

5. The Library of American Biography by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Jared Sparks (1847)
"T— Commands three Garrisons in Dunmore's War. — Commissioned to mark out a Road for the Emigrants. — erects a Fort at Boonesborough. — Indians hostile. ..."

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