(n.) 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.
(n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built,
established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
(n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
(n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
(n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has
become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile
tissue.
