FromMiddle Englisherect, a borrowing fromLatinērectus(“upright”), past participle ofērigō(“raise, set up”), fromē-(“out”) +regō(“to direct, keep straight, guide”).
erect (comparativemoreerect,superlativemosterect)
- Upright;vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- (of body parts)Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result ofstimulation.
- Synonyms:hard,stiff
The penis should be fullyerect before commencing copulation.
erect nipples
- (of a person) Having an erectpenis orclitoris.
- Synonyms:hard,stiff
OK, baby, I'merect now. Let's get it on!
- (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
1827, [John Keble],The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume(please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; andC[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […],→OCLC:But who is he, by years / Bowed, buterect in heart?
- (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Watchful; alert.
- (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- (antonym(s) of“rigid; standing out perpendicularly”):flaccid
standing out perpendicularly
FromMiddle Englisherecten, from the adjective (see above).
erect (third-person singular simple presenterects,present participleerecting,simple past and past participleerected)
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
toerect a house or a fort
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
toerect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- (intransitive, aviation, of a gyroscopicattitude indicator) Tospin up andalign tovertical.
As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun toerect.
- (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
1595,Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, inThe First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson,→OCLC:that didst his state above his hopeserect
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- I, who am a party, am not toerect myself into a judge.
- (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
a.1678 (date written),Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Contentment”, inThe Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to VII), London:A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published1830–1831,→OCLC:It raiseth the dropping spirit,erecting it to a loving complaisance.
- (transitive, astrology) Tocast ordraw up (a figure of the heavens,horoscope etc.).
1971,Keith Thomas,Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published2012, page332:In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony toerect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.
- (intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection.
1828,The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page113:On the 17th of July, the patient returned to the country, perfectly healed: the peniserected and he was capable of coition.
1917,Brain: A Journal of Neurology, page292:On an adequate stimulus thepenis erected, the testes were drawn up, and the dartos muscle slowly contracted.
2008 September 15, Naval Ahmed,Blue Moon On Bandideau, Lulu.com,→ISBN, page234:His black dickerected with a long bend.
2012 July 12, Tim Glover,Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page126:When the peniserects, blood pours into what erectile tissue there is and enlarges the penis somewhat, but by making it turgid, the S-shaped bend is straightened out and the penis extends.
- (transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
a.1705, John Locke, “An Examination of P[ère]Malebranche’s Opinion of Seeing All Things in God”, inPosthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published1706,→OCLC:Malebrancheerects this proposition.
- (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 commissionerected by King James, and was proud of that honour.
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to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts
to cause to stand up or out
to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position
to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify
to animate; to encourage; to cheer
astrology: to cast or draw up
to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises
Borrowed fromLatinerectus.
erect m orn (feminine singularerectă,masculine pluralerecți,feminine and neuter pluralerecte)
- erect
