"erect" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈɹɛkt/ Audio: En-ca-erect.oga [Canada] Forms: more erect [comparative], most erect [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|erect}} Middle English erect, {{der|en|la|ērectus|t=upright}} Latin ērectus (“upright”), {{m|la|ērigō||raise, set up}} ērigō (“raise, set up”), {{m|la|ē-||out}} ē- (“out”), {{m|la|regō||to direct, keep straight, guide}} regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)
  1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. Translations (vertical in position): খাড়া (khaṛa) (Bengali), вертикален (vertikalen) (Bulgarian), erecte (Catalan), pysty (Finnish), pystyasennossa [adverb] (Finnish), dressé (French), érigé (French), ardcheannach (Irish), eretto (Italian), duro (Italian), ērectus (Latin), исправен (ispraven) [masculine] (Macedonian), подигнат (podignat) [masculine] (Macedonian), takotako (Maori), tora (note: of the penis) (Maori), steil (Plautdietsch), ereto (Portuguese), прямо́й (prjamój) (Russian), вертикальный (vertikalʹnyj) (Russian), вертика́льно поднятый (vertikálʹno podnjatyj) (Russian), ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhva) (Sanskrit), rest (Swedish), upprätt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-MiJAYC3I Disambiguation of 'vertical in position': 65 8 5 4 3 4 10
  2. (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. Synonyms: hard, stiff Translations (standing out perpendicularly): খাড়া (khaṛa) (Bengali), прав (prav) (Bulgarian), изправен (izpraven) (Bulgarian), erecte (Catalan), قیت (qît) (Central Kurdish), kova (note: esp. due to sexual arousal) (Finnish), tanassa [adverb] (Finnish), dressé (French), en érection (French), érigé (French), erigiert (German), dritto (Italian), eretto (Italian), простум (prostum) (Macedonian), ereto (Portuguese), ощетинившийся (oščetinivšijsja) (note: somewhat) (Russian), торчащий (torčaščij) (note: somewhat) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-Lp~n4N4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 1 6 1 13 8 4 17 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 2 Disambiguation of 'standing out perpendicularly': 11 57 2 7 3 12 8
  3. (of a person) Having an erect penis. Synonyms: hard, stiff Translations (having an erect penis): kova (Finnish), en érection (French), ereto (Portuguese), empalmado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-KgDIwFvs Disambiguation of 'having an erect penis': 2 1 92 1 1 1 1
  4. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-8CsVp1gR
  5. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-NknKTOXb
  6. Watchful; alert.
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-duttUut9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 1 6 1 13 8 4 17 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 2
  7. (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-erect-en-adj-s59lCK2h Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: erectable, semierect Related terms: erect-crested penguin, erectile, erection, erigible
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈɹɛkt/ Audio: En-ca-erect.oga [Canada] Forms: erects [present, singular, third-person], erecting [participle, present], erected [participle, past], erected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|erecten}} Middle English erecten Head templates: {{en-verb}} erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)
  1. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. Tags: transitive Translations (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts): ὀρθόω (orthóō) (Ancient Greek), ucaltmaq (Azerbaijani), издигам (izdigam) (Bulgarian), fondi (Esperanto), rakentaa (Finnish), pystyttää (Finnish), fadaigh (Irish), talakad (Kapampangan), erigo (Latin), подига (podiga) (Macedonian), whaihanga (Maori), reise (Norwegian), āhebban (Old English), wznieść (Polish), erigir (Portuguese), erguer (Portuguese), сооружать (sooružatʹ) (Russian), устана́вливать (ustanávlivatʹ) (Russian), возводить (vozvoditʹ) (Russian), строить (stroitʹ) (Russian), tog (Scottish Gaelic), erigir (Spanish), resa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-zL9dGyYM Disambiguation of 'to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts': 61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10
  2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to stand up or out): ὀρθόω (orthóō) (Ancient Greek), изправям (izpravjam) (Bulgarian), vztyčit (Czech), pystyttää (Finnish), erigo (Latin), крева (kreva) (Macedonian), whakatū (Maori), erigere (Norwegian), reise (Norwegian), erigir (Portuguese), erguer (Portuguese), выпрямлять (vyprjamljatʹ) (Russian), распрямлять (rasprjamljatʹ) (Russian), tog (Scottish Gaelic), resa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-oE6IecPE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 1 6 1 13 8 4 17 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 2 Disambiguation of 'to cause to stand up or out': 2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4
  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-PFoNTQ4E
  4. 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.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-ZSA7pKkt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 1 6 1 13 8 4 17 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 2 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. Tags: transitive Translations (to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify): kohottaa (Finnish), nostaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-uDbsJqq- Disambiguation of 'to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify': 3 3 2 4 77 1 3 1 3 3
  6. (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer. Tags: transitive Translations (to animate; to encourage; to cheer): kohottaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-qCfksUZd Disambiguation of 'to animate; to encourage; to cheer': 3 2 0 2 2 85 2 1 2 2
  7. (transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Astrology Translations (astrology: to cast or draw up): laatia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-7YHHJKP7 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'astrology: to cast or draw up': 4 4 1 4 5 1 72 1 4 4
  8. (intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-x070sPEU
  9. (transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises): tehdä (Finnish), vetää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-lzhWS3mS Disambiguation of 'to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises': 9 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 41 32
  10. (transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. Tags: transitive Translations (to set up or establish): perustaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-erect-en-verb-Kc5laScG Disambiguation of 'to set up or establish': 9 4 1 2 2 1 3 3 30 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: build Derived forms: erecting shop, re-erect, reerect Translations (to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position): pystyttää (Finnish)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position': 1 1 46 46 1 0 1 0 1 1

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "takotako"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of the penis",
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          "word": "tora"
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          "roman": "ūrdhva",
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          "word": "прав"
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          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "dressé"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "érigé"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "erigiert"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "dritto"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "eretto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 2 7 3 12 8",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "qît",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "قیت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 2 7 3 12 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prostum",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "простум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 2 7 3 12 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "ereto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 2 7 3 12 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "somewhat",
          "roman": "oščetinivšijsja",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "ощетинившийся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 57 2 7 3 12 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "somewhat",
          "roman": "torčaščij",
          "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
          "word": "торчащий"
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          "text": "OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!",
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        "Having an erect penis."
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        "(of a person) Having an erect penis."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hard"
        },
        {
          "word": "stiff"
        }
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "having an erect penis",
          "word": "kova"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having an erect penis",
          "word": "en érection"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having an erect penis",
          "word": "ereto"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having an erect penis",
          "word": "empalmado"
        }
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed."
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Directed upward; raised; uplifted."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted."
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        "obsolete"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "glosses": [
        "Watchful; alert."
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Heraldry",
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            "History",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc."
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        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
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        "(heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc."
      ],
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈɹɛkt/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
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      "audio": "En-ca-erect.oga",
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erecting shop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "re-erect"
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        "3": "erecten"
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      "expansion": "Middle English erecten",
      "name": "inh"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "erecting",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "erected",
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        "past"
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    "erect"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "text": "to erect a house or a fort",
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        "To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts."
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        "(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "ucaltmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izdigam",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "издигам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "fondi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "rakentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "pystyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "orthóō",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "ὀρθόω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "fadaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "talakad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "erigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "podiga",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "подига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "whaihanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "reise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "āhebban"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "wznieść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "erigir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "erguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sooružatʹ",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "сооружать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "устана́вливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozvoditʹ",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "возводить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stroitʹ",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "строить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "tog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "erigir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 10 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
          "word": "resa"
        }
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        "To cause to stand up or out."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to stand up or out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izpravjam",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "изправям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "vztyčit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "pystyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "orthóō",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "ὀρθόω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "erigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kreva",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "крева"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "whakatū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "erigere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "reise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "erigir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "erguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyprjamljatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "выпрямлять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasprjamljatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "распрямлять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "tog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 81 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
          "word": "resa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-PFoNTQ4E"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "en:Aviation",
          "parents": [
            "Aeronautics",
            "Transport",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 12 1 6 1 13 8 4 17 1 15 2 1 2 3 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.",
        "To spin up and align to vertical."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-ZSA7pKkt",
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "attitude indicator",
          "attitude indicator"
        ],
        [
          "spin up",
          "spin up"
        ],
        [
          "align",
          "align"
        ],
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a gyroscopic attitude indicator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": ", Preface\nI, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-uDbsJqq-",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 2 4 77 1 3 1 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify",
          "word": "kohottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 2 4 77 1 3 1 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify",
          "word": "nostaa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To animate; to encourage; to cheer."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-qCfksUZd",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 0 2 2 85 2 1 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to animate; to encourage; to cheer",
          "word": "kohottaa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Astrology",
          "orig": "en:Astrology",
          "parents": [
            "Divination",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Occult",
            "Sciences",
            "Forteana",
            "Religion",
            "All topics",
            "Culture",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 332",
          "text": "In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony to erect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-7YHHJKP7",
      "links": [
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ],
        [
          "draw up",
          "draw up"
        ],
        [
          "horoscope",
          "horoscope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 4 1 4 5 1 72 1 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "astrology: to cast or draw up",
          "word": "laatia"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1828, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 113",
          "text": "On the 17th of July, the patient returned to the country, perfectly healed: the penis erected and he was capable of coition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Brain: A Journal of Neurology, page 292",
          "text": "On an adequate stimulus the penis erected, the testes were drawn up, and the dartos muscle slowly contracted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 September 15, Naval Ahmed, Blue Moon On Bandideau, Lulu.com, page 234",
          "text": "His black dick erected with a long bend.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 July 12, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge University Press, page 126",
          "text": "When the penis erects, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter a state of physiological erection."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-x070sPEU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-lzhWS3mS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 41 32",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises",
          "word": "tehdä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 41 32",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises",
          "word": "vetää"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1812, Arthur Collins & Sir Egerton Brydges, Peerage of England, F.C. and J. Rivington et al, page 330",
          "text": "In 1686, he was appointed one of the Commissioners in the new ecclesiastical commission erected by King James, and was proud of that honour."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute."
      ],
      "id": "en-erect-en-verb-Kc5laScG",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 4 1 2 2 1 3 3 30 45",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to set up or establish",
          "word": "perustaa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈɹɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-ca-erect.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-ca-erect.oga/En-ca-erect.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-ca-erect.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Canada)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "build"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 46 46 1 0 1 0 1 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position",
      "word": "pystyttää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erect"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"rigid, standing out perpendicularly\"",
      "word": "flaccid"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
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    {
      "word": "erectable"
    },
    {
      "word": "semierect"
    }
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        "comparative"
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      "word": "erect-crested penguin"
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      "word": "erectile"
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        "Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards."
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        {
          "text": "The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.",
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          "text": "erect nipples",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation."
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        "(of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation."
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        {
          "word": "hard"
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          "word": "stiff"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!",
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        }
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        "Having an erect penis."
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        "(of a person) Having an erect penis."
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        "of a person"
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        {
          "word": "hard"
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        {
          "word": "stiff"
        }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Directed upward; raised; uplifted."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Watchful; alert."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Heraldry"
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      "glosses": [
        "Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc."
      ],
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈɹɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    },
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      "audio": "En-ca-erect.oga",
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khaṛa",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "খাড়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vertikalen",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "вертикален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "erecte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "pysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "pystyasennossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "dressé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "érigé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "ardcheannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "eretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "duro"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "ērectus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ispraven",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исправен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podignat",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подигнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "takotako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of the penis",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "tora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "steil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "ereto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamój",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "прямо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vertikalʹnyj",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "вертикальный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vertikálʹno podnjatyj",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "вертика́льно поднятый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ūrdhva",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "ऊर्ध्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "rest"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vertical in position",
      "word": "upprätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khaṛa",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "খাড়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prav",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "прав"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpraven",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "изправен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "erecte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "esp. due to sexual arousal",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "kova"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "tanassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "dressé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "en érection"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "érigé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "erigiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "dritto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "eretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "qît",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "قیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prostum",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "простум"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "ereto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "somewhat",
      "roman": "oščetinivšijsja",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "ощетинившийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "somewhat",
      "roman": "torčaščij",
      "sense": "standing out perpendicularly",
      "word": "торчащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an erect penis",
      "word": "kova"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having an erect penis",
      "word": "en érection"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having an erect penis",
      "word": "ereto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having an erect penis",
      "word": "empalmado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erect"
}

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      "word": "erecting shop"
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      "word": "re-erect"
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        "To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts."
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        "(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause to stand up or out."
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        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
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          "text": "to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.",
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        "To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise."
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
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          "text": "As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.",
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        "To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.",
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        "To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.",
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a gyroscopic attitude indicator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "topics": [
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        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
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        {
          "text": ", Preface\nI, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge."
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        "To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To animate; to encourage; to cheer."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Astrology"
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 332",
          "text": "In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony to erect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.)."
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        "(transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.)."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1828, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 113",
          "text": "On the 17th of July, the patient returned to the country, perfectly healed: the penis erected and he was capable of coition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Brain: A Journal of Neurology, page 292",
          "text": "On an adequate stimulus the penis erected, the testes were drawn up, and the dartos muscle slowly contracted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 September 15, Naval Ahmed, Blue Moon On Bandideau, Lulu.com, page 234",
          "text": "His black dick erected with a long bend.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 July 12, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge University Press, page 126",
          "text": "When the penis erects, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter a state of physiological erection."
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        "(intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection."
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1812, Arthur Collins & Sir Egerton Brydges, Peerage of England, F.C. and J. Rivington et al, page 330",
          "text": "In 1686, he was appointed one of the Commissioners in the new ecclesiastical commission erected by King James, and was proud of that honour."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈɹɛkt/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
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      "audio": "En-ca-erect.oga",
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      "word": "build"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "ucaltmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdigam",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "издигам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "fondi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "rakentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "pystyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "orthóō",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "ὀρθόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "fadaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "talakad"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "erigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podiga",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "подига"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "whaihanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "reise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "āhebban"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "wznieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "erigir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "erguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sooružatʹ",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "сооружать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "устана́вливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvoditʹ",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "возводить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stroitʹ",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "строить"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "tog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "erigir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts",
      "word": "resa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpravjam",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "изправям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "vztyčit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "pystyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "orthóō",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "ὀρθόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "erigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kreva",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "крева"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "whakatū"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "erigere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "reise"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "erigir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "erguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyprjamljatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "выпрямлять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasprjamljatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "распрямлять"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "tog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause to stand up or out",
      "word": "resa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position",
      "word": "pystyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify",
      "word": "kohottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify",
      "word": "nostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to animate; to encourage; to cheer",
      "word": "kohottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "astrology: to cast or draw up",
      "word": "laatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises",
      "word": "tehdä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises",
      "word": "vetää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set up or establish",
      "word": "perustaa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erect"
}

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