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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Built (b[i^]lt);
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[=u]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.
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Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
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2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.
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Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.
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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.
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I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
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Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Building \Build"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
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Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no
faster. --Bp. Hall.
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2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil
architecture.
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The execution of works of architecture necessarily
includes building; but building is frequently
employed when the result is not architectural.
--Hosking.
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3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a
house, a church, etc.
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Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire
Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak.
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WordNet Building
n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or
less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story
building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
[syn: edifice]
2: the act of constructing or building something; "during the
construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the
building of boats" [syn: construction]
3: the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings;
"their main business is home construction"; "workers in
the building trades" [syn: construction]
4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained
about the noise"

Moby Dictionary
Dymaxion house , White House , adobe house , anatomy , architectonics ,
architecture , arrangement , assemblage , assembly , build , buildup ,
casa , casting , cliff dwelling , combination , composition , compound ,
conformation , constitution , construct , construction , consulate ,
conversion , country house , country seat , crafting , craftsmanship ,
creation , cultivation , dacha , deanery , devising , dwelling house ,
edifice , elaboration , embassy , embodiment , erection , establishment ,
extraction , fabric , fabrication , farm , farmhouse , fashion ,
fashioning , forging , form , format , formation , forming , formulation ,
frame , framing , getup , growing , hall , handicraft , handiwork ,
harvesting , house , houseboat , hut , incorporation , junction ,
lake dwelling , living machine , lodge , machining , make , makeup ,
making , manor house , manse , manufacture , manufacturing , milling ,
mining , mixture , mold , molding , organic structure , organism ,
organization , packaged house , parsonage , pattern , patterning ,
penthouse , physique , piecing together , pile , plan , prefab ,
prefabricated house , prefabrication , preparation ,
presidential palace , processing , producing , production ,
putting together , pyramid , raising , ranch house , rectory , refining ,
roof , setup , shape , shaping , skyscraper , smelting , sod house ,
split-level , structure , structuring , superstructure , syneresis ,
synthesis , tectonics , texture , tissue , tower , town house , vicarage ,
warp and woof , weave , web , workmanship

Building among the Jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the country. They probably adopted the kind of architecture for their dwellings which they found already existing when they entered Canaan (Deut. 6:10; Num. 13:19). Phoenician artists (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:6, 18) assisted at the erection of the royal palace and the temple at Jerusalem. Foreigners also assisted at the restoration of the temple after the Exile (Ezra 3:7). In Gen. 11:3, 9, we have the first recorded instance of the erection of buildings. The cities of the plain of Shinar were founded by the descendants of Shem (10:11, 12, 22). The Israelites were by occupation shepherds and dwellers in tents (Gen. 47:3); but from the time of their entering Canaan they became dwellers in towns, and in houses built of the native limestone of Palestine. Much building was carried on in Solomon's time. Besides the buildings he completed at Jerusalem, he also built Baalath and Tadmor (1 Kings 9:15, 24). Many of the kings of Israel and Judah were engaged in erecting various buildings. Herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and built fortifications and other structures of great magnificence in Jerusalem (Luke 21:5). The instruments used in building are mentioned as the plumb-line (Amos 7:7), the measuring-reed (Ezek. 40:3), and the saw (1 Kings 7:9). Believers are "God's building" (1 Cor. 3:9); and heaven is called "a building of God" (2 Cor. 5:1). Christ is the only foundation of his church (1 Cor. 3:10-12), of which he also is the builder (Matt. 16:18).

BUILDING, estates. An edifice erected by art, and fixed upon or over the soil, composed of stone, brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance, 'Connected together, and designed for use in the position in which it is so fixed. Every building is an accessory to the soil, and is, therefore, real estate: it belongs to the owner of the soil. Cruise, tit. 1, S. 46. Vide 1 Chit. Pr. 148, 171; Salk. 459; Hob. 131; 1 Mete. 258; Broom's Max. 172.