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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
upbuild .
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Examples
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Of the grip of that Grendel 'neath the great roof upbuilded.
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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Her beauty had captured his senses, and he meant to tear down the pitiful wall he had upbuilded between her and him, and force her to see the inevitable.
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It is not written in a single document, but is contained in a multitude of Parliamentary enactments upbuilded into a system of government as the process of evolution proceeded.
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There was nothing for it but the downfall of the world; good-bye civilization and all that was ever upbuilded of old.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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I have heard Messer Brunetto Latini declare, with great eloquence, that of all the cities man has ever upbuilded with his busy fingers, the dear city of Cecrops, which Saint Augustine called the dear City of
The God of Love 1898
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It also is a finished piece of art, carefully conceived, upbuilded stone by stone, touch by touch, each separate thought with its own emotion, each adding something to the whole, each pushing Browning's emotion and picture into our souls, till the whole impression is received.
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So strong is his house upbuilded, so many are his lords,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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