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Erect

ɪˈrɛkt

Erect definitions

adjective

Inflections:

erect

rigidly upright or straight

"she stood erect with her arms by her sides"

Synonyms:
upright bolt upright straight vertical perpendicular plumb standing up bristling standing up (on end) upright
- (of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) enlarged and rigid, especially in sexual excitement

verb

Inflections:

erect erected erecting erects

put together and set upright (a building, wall, or other structure)

"the guest house was erected in the eighteenth century"

Synonyms:
build construct put up assemble put up set up set upright fit together put together piece together
- create or establish (a theory or system)
  
  "the party that erected the welfare state"