upbuild

Verb

upbuild (third-person singular simple present upbuilds, present participle upbuilding, simple past and past participle upbuilt or upbuilded)

1. (transitive) To build up (literally).
   • […] under all circumstances, whether the surface be uppushed by horizontal mashing of sediments or upbuilt by the outsqueezing of melted matter, the increase of height would be the same […]1876, American Journal of Science, volume 111, page 299
   • These three islands therefore exemplify, after a fashion, the Rein-Murray theory of oceanic banks, upbuilt by pelagic deposits, as atoll foundations.1976, William Morris Davis, The coral reef problem
2. (transitive) To build up; to develop (figuratively).
   • Briefly, the Republic, as he sees it, was upbuilt by a cunningly manipulated political machine that reared a seemingly solid superstructure on the false foundation of the interests of a class rather than of the people.1904, The Outlook, volume 76, page 616
   • It is certain that the laying traits can be up-built by breeding from the heavy layers, just as the milk producing qualities have been built up by breeding from great milk producers; […]1908, American poultry advocate, volume 17, page 363