noun
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the act of erecting or the state of being erected
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something that has been erected; a building or construction
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physiol the enlarged state or condition of erectile tissues or organs, esp the penis, when filled with blood
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an erect penis
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Origin of erection
First recorded in 1495–1505, erection is from the Late Latin word ērēctiōn- (stem of ērēctiō ). See erect, -ion
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The piece’s 10 sections, weighing about 4,500 pounds each, will be trucked to Lincoln this week and assembled by Davis Erection.
From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2016
Erection of anti-missile defenses around Moscow has been resumed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Erection of magnetic observatories p 19 since 1828; a far-extending net-work of magnetic stations — p.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Some of the Difficulties that Attended its Transportation and Erection.
From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood
I had often before taken Notice of many such Crosses: but never till then knew the Meaning of their Erection, or the Reason of the Heaps of Stones around them.
From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel
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