erect

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt Hyphenation: erect Homophone: arrect (sometimes, if erect begins with a schwa) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”). ==== Adjective ==== erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect) Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. Synonyms: hard, stiff (of a person) Having an erect penis or clitoris. Synonyms: hard, stiff (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. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “rigid; standing out perpendicularly”): flaccid ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== erect-crested penguin erectile erection erigible ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above). ==== Verb ==== erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected) (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. , Preface I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. (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. 1812, Arthur Collins & Sir Egerton Brydges, Peerage of England, F.C. and J. Rivington et al, page 330: In 1686, he was appointed one of the Commissioners in the new ecclesiastical commission erected by King James, and was proud of that honour. ===== Synonyms ===== build ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === -crete, Crete, recte, terce == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin erectus. === Adjective === erect m or n (feminine singular erectă, masculine plural erecți, feminine/neuter plural erecte) erect ==== Declension ====