From HomoExcelsior

1. an erect lily stalk; an erect posture. 2. Vertical. 3. Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition. 4. Wide-awake; alert. 5. erect a skyscraper. 6. To raise to a rigid or upright condition. 7. To fix in an upright position. 8. erect a dynasty. 9. To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.

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