01 n. 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 machin…
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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.
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The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.“Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up.” — Sidney.
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State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
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Anything erected; a building of any kind.
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The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the penis; as, to get or have an erection.(Physiol.)