upbuild
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Origin of upbuild
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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.
All has been ground to powder and carried off by flood and stream to enrich the soils and upbuild later strata in the drainage basins of the Saskatchewan, the Columbia, and the Mississippi.
From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling
We have helped to upbuild that Empire, and we claim our inheritance.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
He had come to Rockhaven to upbuild his fortune, believing himself in a fair way to do so.
From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark
People have been a long time learning that thoughts are things to heal, upbuild, strengthen; or to wound, impair, or blight.
From In Times Like These by McClung, Nellie L.
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