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upˈbuild, v. (up- 4.) Also upˈbuilded, -ˈbuilt; -ˈbuilder; -ˈbuilding.
1513Douglas æneid viii. iv. 191 Potitius..Ȝone altar in this cuchill did vpbeild. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxii. 43 This bailfull bird richt beinly can vpbeild..hir noysum nest. 1850Blackie æschylus I. 235, I will upbuild His house who honours thee. 1890J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 47 We..should be careful to..upbuild our energies, equally from God and from Nature.
1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire xvi. 188 Each [pyramid], had not the others been *upbuilded, would have been a marvel of grandeur. 1882Proc. Soc. Psychical Research I. ii. 149 The science of zoology could not have been upbuilt without it.
1865E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 409 The chief *upbuilders of the place in its industrial enterprise.
1732E. Erskine Wks. (1791) 647/2 A whole Trinity..lay themselves out..for the *upbuilding of this house. 1876Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 138 What he terms its development or upbuilding may be termed its diseased growth. 1898B. Gregory Side Lights Confl. Meth. 379 The impression..was in a high degree..bracing and upbuilding. |