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What (who) is Erect - definition

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Erectum; Erect (disambiguation); Erectum (disambiguation); Erected

erect

adj. to stand erect

erect

¦ adjective rigidly upright or straight.

?(of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) enlarged and rigid, especially in sexual excitement.

¦ verb construct (a building, wall, etc.).

?create or establish (a theory or system).

Derivatives

erectable adjective

erectly adverb

erectness noun

erector noun

Origin

ME: from L. erect-, erigere 'set up'.

Erect

·adj Watchful; alert.

II. Erect ·vi To rise upright.

III. Erect ·adj Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

IV. Erect ·adj Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

V. Erect ·adj Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, ·etc.

VI. Erect ·vt To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.

VII. Erect ·adj Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

VIII. Erect ·vt To Animate; to Encourage; to Cheer.

IX. Erect ·adj Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

X. Erect ·vt To lift up; to Elevate; to Exalt; to Magnify.

XI. Erect ·vt To set up or establish; to Found; to Form; to Institute.

XII. Erect ·vt To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to Raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, ·etc.

XIII. Erect ·vt To raise, as a building; to Build; to Construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

Wikipedia

Erect

Erect may refer to:

Erect (position), something having an essentially upright position or vertical habit
Erect, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County, United States
Erect image, an image that appears right-side up in optics
Erect the Youth Problem, the only album released by American punk trio Wives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erect

Examples of use of Erect

1. It had planned to erect 1,400 apartments on the land.

2. Did Israel erect these roadblocks for no good reason?

3. "It‘s his attempt to erect new ideological barriers." «

4. At 81, Virginia‘s senior senator stands as erect as ever.

5. Stadiums to erect, roads to build, surly teenagers to train.