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e·rect
(ĭ-rĕkt′)adj.
1. Being in a vertical, upright position: an erect lily stalk; an erect posture.
2. Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition, especially as the result of sexual stimulation.
tr.v. e·rect·ed, e·rect·ing, e·rects
1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.
2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.
3. To fix in an upright position.
4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.
5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.
[Middle English, from Latin ērēctus, past participle of ērigere, to set up : ē-, ex-, ex- + regere, to guide; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
e·rect′a·ble adj.
e·rect′ly adv.
e·rect′ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | erectly - in a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks erectly" |
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erectly
[ɪˈrektlɪ] ADV → erguidamenteCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
erect
(iˈrekt) adjective verb1. to set up; to put up or to build. They erected a statue in his memory; They plan to erect an office block there.erigir
2. to set upright (a mast etc). erguir
eˈrection (-ʃən) nouneˈrectly adverb erguidamente
eˈrectness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.