erect

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Synonyms: elect, eject, eruct, ereco, exect, rect, erech, erec, eect

Antonyms: elect, eject, eruct, ereco, exect, rect, erech, erec, eect

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Adjective

1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
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.
5. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
6. Watchful; alert.
7. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

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.
   • As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
4. To spin up and align to vertical.
   • 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.
6. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
7. To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
8. To enter a state of physiological erection.
9. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
10. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

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