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erected
[ ih-rek-tid ]
adjective
- having been built:
We crossed the river on a newly erected bridge and soon arrived at the intersection of two major trails.
- having been raised or directed upward, or set in an upright or vertical position:
Simply attach the door hinges to the erected walls and install the door.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of erect ( def ).
Other Words From
- self-e·rect·ed adjective
- un·e·rect·ed adjective
- well-e·rect·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of erected1
Example Sentences
Exactly one month after the first straw goat was erected in Gävle, it was mysteriously burned to a crisp.
The glass-enclosed elevator that I take shows another building being erected, with a great derrick and all.
Other buildings have since been erected and then torn down or sold.
Nearby, the Hamas deputy information minister, Ehab al Hussain, sits in a memorial tent erected for those killed in the fighting.
The prohibition was erected for good reason: to prevent the religious wars that wracked Europe in the previous century.
Close to the wagon in which our hero lay the natives had erected a temporary hut of grass, about six feet high.
A vast number are now being erected, and no other engine is erected where these are known.
I have erected above 100 steam-engines on this principle, but never met with one accident or complaint against them.
The last engine I erected was about three weeks since, for a farmer that kept four horses and two drivers.
In the spring of the following year a somewhat similar engine was erected in London.
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