build
verb (used with object)
to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials.
have builded
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present perfectof build.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We have builded our Camp anew, & as it saith in Genesis, “/ dwell in the Tents of Shem.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Miss Barnes would have builded better had she recommended algebraic equations instead of French verbs.
From Concerning Belinda by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
But in the greatest thing we have done for them, we have builded wiser than we knew.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
External life is a succession of picture blocks with which we have builded our thoughts into shapes and forms manifest to the mortal senses.
From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
A monument outlasting brass I have builded, Higher than pyramids in their crumbling glory, That no devouring storm, nor futile North wind Can overthrow, nor years in long succession, Nor fleeting seasons.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Helen Leah Reed
