erect vs initiate

erect

verb
  • To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. 

  • To animate; to encourage; to cheer. 

  • To spin up and align to vertical. 

  • To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. 

  • To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. 

  • To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. 

  • To enter a state of physiological erection. 

  • To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.). 

  • To cause to stand up or out. 

  • To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc. 

adj
  • Having an erect penis. 

  • Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. 

  • Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. 

  • Watchful; alert. 

  • Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. 

initiate

verb
  • To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce. 

  • To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. 

  • To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies. 

  • To begin; to start. 

noun
  • One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it. 

  • A new member of an organization. 

  • One who has been through a ceremony of initiation. 

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