erect

IPA: ɪrˈɛkt

verb

  • (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  • (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
  • To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  • (intransitive, aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.
  • (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
  • (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
  • (transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
  • (intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection.
  • (transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
  • (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

adjective

  • Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
  • (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
  • (of a person) Having an erect penis.
  • (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
  • (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
  • Watchful; alert.
  • (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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