upbuildv.
/ˌʌpˈbɪld/, U.S. /ˌəpˈbɪld/ (up- prefix 3a).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]
timbera900
workOE
betimberOE
craftOE
buildc1275
lifta1300
stagec1330
upraise1338
wright1338
edifya1340
to make outa1382
to make upa1382
biga1400
housea1400
risea1400
telda1400–50
to work upa1450
redress1481
levy1495
upmake1507
upbuild1513
exstruct?c1550
construct1663
to run up1686
practise1739
to lay up1788
elevate1798
to put up1818
to lay down1851
practicate1851
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]
echeOE
ekec1200
multiplya1275
morea1300
increase13..
vaunce1303
enlargec1380
augmenta1400
accrease1402
alargea1425
amply?a1425
great?1440
hainc1440
creasec1475
grow1481
amplea1500
to get upa1500
improve1509
ampliatea1513
auge1542
over1546
amplify1549
raise1583
grand1602
swell1602
magnoperate1610
greaten1613
accresce1626
aggrandize1638
majoratea1651
adauge1657
protend1659
reinforce1660
examplify1677
pluralize1750
to drive up1817
to whoop up1856
to jack up1884
upbuild1890
steepen1909
up1934
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 191 Potitius..Ȝone altar in this cuchill did vpbeild.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxii. 43 This bailfull bird richt beinly can vpbeild..hir noysum nest.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 235 I will upbuild His house who honours thee.
1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 47 We..should be careful to..upbuild our energies, equally from God and from Nature.
Derivatives
upˈbuilded adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built
ybuldc1380
upbiggedc1425
biggit1513
upwroughtc1540
upframeda1560
builded1563
built1570
erected1603
exstructed1642
upbuilded1859
1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xvi. 266 Each [pyramid], had not the others been up-builded, would have been a marvel of grandeur.
upˈbuilt adj.
ΚΠ
1883 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1882–3 1 149 The science of zoology could not have been upbuilt without it.
upˈbuilder n.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] > one who or that which
fostrild?c1225
nurser1363
speed1377
promoter1384
furtherer1390
speederc1400
upraiserc1440
promotor1517
nurse1526
advancer1540
promover1545
fosterera1586
increasera1625
fartherer1633
uplifter1650
cultivator1663
upbuilder1865
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 409 The chief upbuilders of the place in its industrial enterprise.
upˈbuilding n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun]
bigginga1325
rearinga1325
buildingc1394
edifying1432
upbringing1484
rising?a1500
upmaking1513
upbigging1525
edification1549
erecting1553
structure1604
erection1614
compilementa1639
architecture1646
exstruction1652
built1654
edifice1663
fabric1730
upbuilding1732
builth1805
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun]
growingc1380
profitingc1384
increasec1385
bettering?c1425
progress1457
advancementc1475
service1533
progression1586
increment1609
upgrowinga1618
flowering1629
rise1676
development1756
evolution1796
march1818
headway1832
upgrowth1844
upbuilding1876
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > continuous progress or advance of anything
tenor1398
coursec1460
passage1579
current1587
racec1590
profluencea1639
runlong1674
development1756
fore-march1822
upbuilding1876
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [adjective]
heartwarming1603
heartening1606
encouraging1663
spiriting1671
inspiriting1796
enheartening1836
assuring1866
upbuilding1898
morale-boosting1960
1732 E. Erskine Wks. (1791) 647/2 A whole Trinity..lay themselves out..for the upbuilding of this house.
1876 W. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 138 What he terms its development or upbuilding may be termed its diseased growth.
1898 B. Gregory Side Lights 379 The impression..was in a high degree..bracing and upbuilding.
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