upbuild
Americanverb (used with object)
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His rude and venturesome life, his simple-minded love for the commonwealth he helped to upbuild, his contempt for rewards and praise, his extreme and sturdy independence, and the great services he had rendered the state.
From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.
He had come to Rockhaven to upbuild his fortune, believing himself in a fair way to do so.
From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark
He was a liberal man, ever ready to embark his means in enterprises calculated to upbuild and aid in the progress of Seattle.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
And if it failed, God forbid, it would be for them to heal, to mend, to upbuild, and, undaunted, push on and upward again.
From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John
Then Marconi came to London to upbuild and link nation to nation more closely.
From Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In by Whipple, Wayne
“The Life of Emile Zola” may be described as memorable, and the sort of picture that is upbuilding for the screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Against expansion by exports, he advocates a steady upbuilding of the home market, planning by business and Government to give the U. S. workingman satisfaction of his greatest intangible demand, Security.
From Time Magazine Archive
I spoke, therefore, for an upbuilding process, not only to preserve the independence and integrity of the judiciary, but to reinforce it and strengthen it as an essential and honored part of our institutions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because he is a Georgia Democrat close to Franklin Delano Roosevelt his views on upbuilding the Navy were generally accepted as those of the incoming Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
The universal plan may follow its developing path, unhindered, only when all the intelligent beings within it labor harmoniously together for the upbuilding of each and all.
From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.
The sea was thus kept shallow, and at times, especially toward the close of the era, much of the area was upbuilt or raised to low, marshy, coastal plains.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
We are told by one of them that "she had upbuilt with strenuous pains a resolute virtue," conquering many faults, and gaining a lofty nobleness of spirit.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
Pedrarias lived until his eighty-ninth year, and died in his bed at Panama; which town had been first visited by one of his captains, Tello de Guzman, founded by Espinosa and upbuilt by himself.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
One by one the tops of the distant hills began to clear, and with the glass we could discern the bonfire cairns upbuilt here and there for Scotland's evening sacrifice of love and fealty.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
English blood, which, following after—because Columbus had first shown the way—peopled, saved and upbuilt the whole magnificent northern land that Spain missed and lost.
From The true story of Christopher Columbus, called the Great Admiral by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
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