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Erection

Erection Meaning & Definition
Erection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Erection?

[n] the act of building or putting up
[n] a structure that has been erected
[n] an erect penis

Synonyms | Synonyms for Erection: erecting | hard-on

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See Also | building | construction | construction | sexual arousal | structure

Erection In Webster's Dictionary

\E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.] 1. 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. 2. 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 3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. 4. Anything erected; a building of any kind. 5. (Physiol.) 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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