- The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of
constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts
of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a
commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or
courage. - The state of being erected, lifted up, built,
established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. - State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. - Anything erected; a building of any kind. - The state of a part which, from having been soft, has
become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile
tissue.
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