Upbuild
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To build up (literally). transitive
"[…] under all circumstances, whether the surface be uppushed by horizontal mashing of sediments or upbuilt by the outsqueezing of melted matter, the increase of height would be the same […]"
- 2 To build up; to develop (figuratively). transitive
"Briefly, the Republic, as he sees it, was upbuilt by a cunningly manipulated political machine that reared a seemingly solid superstructure on the false foundation of the interests of a class rather than of the people."
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] under all circumstances, whether the surface be uppushed by horizontal mashing of sediments or upbuilt by the outsqueezing of melted matter, the increase of height would be the same […]"
Etymology
From up- + build.