erigir — meaning in English

English meaning

• erect adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

erigir is used for these senses in English:

• rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

erect — full definition

1. adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
2. adjective Of a penis or clitoris: stiff and swollen with blood, as a result of sexual arousal.
3. verb To build or put up (a structure), typically by fitting the parts together.
4. verb To set something upright, or establish something such as an organization or system.

rear — full definition

1. verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
2. verb Of a horse, to rise up on its hind legs.
3. noun The back part of something, or the position behind everything else.
4. adj Located at the back.

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