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to reerect

to reerect

6.5
Put something back up after it falls or is taken down
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪˈrɛkt/
translation icon : reinstalar
  • Officials at Concultura agreed and soon announced that not only would the concrete not be reerected, but that all the concrete that had wrapped the pyramid for nearly 60 years would be removed and the site brought under full-scale excavation to see what secrets lay inside.

Examples

  • After the storm knocked it down, they quickly reerected the fallen fence.

  • The rangers reerected these shelters at the rear, in the Spartan camp beside the Middle Gate, intending them for use by Leonidas and his royal guard.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The volunteers worked tirelessly to reerect the old statue in the park after it had been damaged.

  • Following the earthquake, the city council hired contractors to reerect the damaged buildings.

Synonyms

to put back
vsto reerect
449 1.0

Return something to the place where it was before

is specifically used for moving items up into a standing position
to right
vsto reerect
41 4.4

To put something back into an upright position

is more about restoring an upright stance rather than any general correction
to remount
vsto reerect
1 6.5

To put a part back in place after it was removed

focuses on restoring vertical position rather than reattaching parts after disassembly
to upright
vsto reerect
1 3.8

To make something stand up again after it falls

covers restoring after falling but also when an object was taken down
to richt
vsto reerect
  • UK
9.9

To make something stand up again after it falls

focuses on putting a fallen or taken down object back upright

Antonyms

to dismantle
64 4.2

Take something apart into separate pieces

Surface Forms

reerect infinitive
reerected past
reerected past participle
reerecting present participle
reerects third person singular

Morphology

reerect = erect (transparent) = re + erect

Adding 're-' to 'erect' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'erect again' or 'put up again'.

Etymology

The word reerect starts with the prefix re- meaning 'again' (like in rebuild) and the word erect, which means 'upright' or 'to raise'. So reerect simply means to 'raise up again' or put something back into an upright position.