upbuild

[ uhp-bild ]

verb (used with object)

, up·built, up·build·ing.

1. to build up, as with the result of establishing, increasing, enlarging, or fortifying.

upbuild

/ ʌpˈbɪld /

verb

1. tr to build up; enlarge, increase, etc

Derived Forms

• upˈbuilder, noun

Other Words From

• up·builder noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of upbuild¹

First recorded in 1505–15; up- + build

Example Sentences

He was a liberal man, ever ready to embark his means in enterprises calculated to upbuild and aid in the progress of Seattle.

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But Parsons could wait—wait and upbuild his property.

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The waves upbuild the wasting shore: Where mountains towered the billows sweep: Yet still their borrowed spoils restore And raise new empires from the deep.

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His energy and intelligence have been honorably felt in every walk of life, and his enterprise and skill have done much to develop and upbuild the Dominion.

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It was a sight that would have delighted the eyes of Hutton; for methinks the quantity of detritus and broken-down strata would not have required, in his mind, many cycles to upbuild a continent.

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