erect

UK /ɪˈɹɛkt/ US /ɪˈɹɛkt/
adj 5verb 5

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.

The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.

erect nipples

3

Having an erect penis or clitoris.

OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!

4

Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

But who is he, by years / Bowed, but erect in heart?

5

Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

His piercing Eyes, erect, appear to vievv / Superior VVorlds, and look all Nature thro'.

verb

1

To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

to erect a house or a fort

2

To cause to stand up or out.

3

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.

to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

4

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.

5

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.

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