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re-erect en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + erect.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of reerect.
    alt of reerect
    • No objection to the removal of the Doric arch and its attendant lodges at Euston station is raised by the London County Council Town Planning Committee—provided that they are re-erected in "an appropriate dignified and open setting." The present site is likely to be needed for the reconstruction of the terminus now under consideration by the London Midland Region of British Railways. The cost of re-erection is stated to be £180,000. 1960 March 14, “Doric Arch and Great Hall at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:
    • There's a plaque recently re-erected in Glasgow Queen Street that commemorates the city's suburban electrification bearing the date November 5 1960. 2021 November 3, Philip Haigh, “All eyes on Glasgow and the railway's environmental advances”, in RAIL, number 943, page 33:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
re-erecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-erects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
re-erected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-erected Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

re-erection