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Webster 1913 Edition
Build
Build
(bĭld)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Built
(bĭlt)
; 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. bōl
farm, abode, Dan. bol
small farm, OSw. bol
, böle
, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. būa
to dwell; akin to E. be
, bower
, boor
. √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
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. Shakespeare
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 constitutionI 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.
Build
(bĭld)
, Verb.
I.
1.
To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2.
To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely;
as, to
. build
on the opinions or advice of othersBuild
,Noun.
Form or mode of construction; general figure; make;
as, the
. build
of a ship; a great build
on a man