upbuilding

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Verb

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upbuilding

  1. present participle and gerund of upbuild

Noun

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upbuilding (plural upbuildings)

  1. The process of building something up; gradual development or accumulation.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 160:
      It was beyond the local parson to remain passive while this spiritual cuckoo pulled to pieces this little nest of his victim's weary upbuilding.

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