Hypertext Webster Gateway: "built"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Build \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. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small
farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel.
b?a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Built \Built\, n.
Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
[Obs.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Built \Built\, a.
Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in
composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as,
frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.

Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly
built. --Landor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

built
adj 1: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an
abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness;
"the built liquid detergents" [syn: {reinforced}]
2: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn: {assembled},
{built(a)}, {made-up}]
3: (slang) well or attractively formed with respect to physique
[syn: {built(p)}, {stacked(p)}, {well-stacked}]


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