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erected

Syllables: erect·ed/ɪˈɹɛktɪd/

erected is the simple past and past participle of erect.

Meaning of erect

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.
    • to erect a house or a fort
  2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
    • to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
    1. (intransitive) To spin up and align to vertical.
      • As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.
  4. (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
    • that didst his state above his hopes erect1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...
  5. (transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
    • It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...

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Adjective

erected (comparative more erected, superlative most erected)

  1. (nonstandard) erect
    • The clitoris was two inches long [5 cm], and in some instances resembled a common-sized thumb. When viewed at some distance the end appeared round and of a red color, but upon closer examination was found to be more pointed than that of a penis, and having neither prepuce nor perforation; when...2000 April 23, Serial #, “20inch biceps or clit”, in alt.amazon-women.admirers (Usenet)
    • The preputial fold disappears as it is applied to the erected penis2003, Klaus-Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Anatomy of the Horse: An Illustrated Text, Schlütersche, →ISBN, page 78

Forms of erected

comparativemore erected
superlativemost erected

Questions about erected

What does erected mean?
Erected means erect.
What is erected the simple past and past participle of?
Erected is the simple past and past participle of erect.
What part of speech is erected?
Erected is an adjective.
How do you pronounce erected?
Erected is pronounced /ɪˈɹɛktɪd/.

Words near erected in the dictionary

  1. Erechtheus
  2. erect
  3. erect-crested penguin
  4. erect-crested penguins
  5. erectable
  6. erected
  7. erecter
  8. erecters
  9. erectest
  10. erecteth
  11. erectile

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