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In some senses, erect is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect—a column in a scene of ruins.
Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.
erect nipples
Having an erect penis or clitoris.
OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
But who is he, by years / Bowed, but erect in heart?
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
His piercing Eyes, erect, appear to vievv / Superior VVorlds, and look all Nature thro'.
verb
To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
to erect a house or a fort
To cause to stand up or out.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
that didst his state above his hopes erect
, Preface I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.