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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Build \Build\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built}; p. pr & vb n.
{Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is
antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS byldan to build, fr
bold house; cf Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small
farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr root of Icel.
b?a to dwell; akin to E. be bower, boor. [root]97.]
1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any
kind to form by uniting materials into a regular
structure; to fabricate; to make to raise.
Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven
high towers. --Milton.
2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form establish, or
produce by using appropriate means
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks
--Shak.
3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and
stability of to settle, or establish, and preserve; --
frequently with up as to build up one's constitution.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up --Acts xx 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found frame.
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