Part 1455

<blockquote>Who <b>builds</b> his hopes in air of your good looks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with <i>up</i>; <as>as, to <ex>build</ex> up one's constitution</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to <b>build</b> you up. <i>Acts xx. 32.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.</syn>

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<hw>Build</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>build</ex> on the opinions or advice of others</as>.</def>

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<hw>Build</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; <as>as, the <ex>build</ex> of a ship</as>.</def>

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<hw>Build"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.</def>

<blockquote>In the practice of civil architecture, the <b>builder</b> comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. <i>Eng. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Build"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.</def>

<blockquote>Hence it is that the <b>building</b> of our Sion rises no faster. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.</def>

<blockquote>The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes <b>building</b>; but <b>building</b> is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. <i>Hosking.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Thy sumptuous <b>buildings</b> and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Built</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Shape; build; form of structure; <as>as, the <ex>built</ex> of a ship</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Built</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; <as>as, frigate-<ex>built</ex>, clipper-<ex>built</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly <b>built</b>. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Buke" mus"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Book muslin</er>.</def>

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