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Definition of Erecting
1. Noun. The act of building or putting up.
Generic synonyms: Building, Construction
Derivative terms: Erect, Erect, Erect
Definition of Erecting
1. Verb. (present participle of erect) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erecting
1. erect [v] - See also: erect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erecting
Literary usage of Erecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Injury alleged is, that the respondents have collected materials, employed workmen,
and are now engaged in erecting and constructing a bridge across the ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... and for an injunction restraining them from erecting another bridge. From a
Judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"Joint resolution making it the duty of the Attorneg-General to examine into the
titles of the lands or sites for the purpose of erecting thereon armories ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"Mr. Stephenson has reported to the Royal Microscopical Society, some improvements
in his erecting binocular microscope. The lower prisms by which the light ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(60) The conduct, however, of Zenobia, was attended with some ambiguity; nor is
it unlikely that she had conceived the design of erecting an independent and ..."
6. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The parliament is prorogued—§ VII. Session of the Scottish parliament—§ VIII.
They inquire into the massacre of Glencoe—§ IX. They pass an act for erecting ..."
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