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Synonyms
e·rect (ĭ-rĕkt́)

[Middle English, from Latin ērēctus past participle of ērigere, to set up, ē-, ex-, ex-, + regere, to guide.]

adjective 

  1. Being in a vertical, upright position: an erect lily stalk; an erect posture.
  2. Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition.
  3. Archaic Wide-awake; alert.

transitive verb: e·rect·ed, e·rect·ing, e·rects. 

  1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.
  2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.
  3. To fix in an upright position.
  4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.
  5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.

derivatives

e·rect́a·ble
adjective
e·rect́ly
adverb
e·rect́ness
noun