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English Dictionary: builded by the DICT Development Group
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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[d3]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small
      farm, OSw. bol, b[94]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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