BUILD

build. Build, v. built, pret. builded, built, pa. to raise a building, depend, rest, place, construct

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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. 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. 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. 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.