Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of building up, in any sense; edification; establishment.

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  • verb Present participle of upbuild.

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Examples

  • Why should you not make some effort at least in upbuilding, to know what those lands are and assist in the great efforts the Premier and the Minister of Lands have made regarding the settlers on the lands of Greater Ontario?

    Greater Ontario 1917

  • It embraces a widely diversified population, and the fundamental principle, the prime factor, in upbuilding the British Empire has been the Anglo-Saxon character and the race qualities which belong to the Anglo-Saxon.

    Canadian Patriotism 1905

  • But the day of an expanding frontier, of a lottery-like scramble for the ownership of natural resources, and of the upbuilding of new industries, is past.

    THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010

  • "We are opposed to a bill...that will put our business in the hands of theorists, chemists, sociologists, etc.," he said," and the management and control taken away from the men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding and perfecting of this great American industry."

    Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf Donald Cohen 2011

  • "We are opposed to a bill...that will put our business in the hands of theorists, chemists, sociologists, etc.," he said," and the management and control taken away from the men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding and perfecting of this great American industry."

    Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf Donald Cohen 2011

  • "We are opposed to a bill...that will put our business in the hands of theorists, chemists, sociologists, etc.," he said," and the management and control taken away from the men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding and perfecting of this great American industry."

    Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf Donald Cohen 2011

  • "We are opposed to a bill...that will put our business in the hands of theorists, chemists, sociologists, etc.," he said," and the management and control taken away from the men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding and perfecting of this great American industry."

    Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf Donald Cohen 2011

  • Since there is no objection, I hereby appoint Lask Finneston chairman of the committee for the purpose of raising and donating money to pay the police-court fine and the expenses of a year's travel for that noble pioneer, John Ward, in recognition of a lifetime of devotion of energy to the upbuilding of Hawaii.

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL 2010

  • "We are opposed to a bill...that will put our business in the hands of theorists, chemists, sociologists, etc.," he said," and the management and control taken away from the men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding and perfecting of this great American industry."

    Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf Donald Cohen 2011

  • The resolution stressed that “ICJW urges its affiliate organizations to give their support to the continuing social, economic and cultural upbuilding of Israel.”

    International Council of Jewish Women. 2009

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