Build , n. Form or mode
of construction; general figure; make; as, the
build of a ship.
Build (&?;), v. i. 1. To
exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2. To rest or depend, as on
a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to
build on the opinions or advice of others.
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. bōl farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, böle, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b&?;a to dwell;
akin to E.
be, bower, boor. √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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