1 outbuild | Definition of outbuild

outbuild

transitive verb

Definition of outbuild

1 : to outdo in building free societies can outbuild … societies based on tyrannies— Dean Acheson
2 [ 1out + build ] : to build outward or outside of the fish outbuilt her shell— R. W. Emerson

History and Etymology for outbuild

out- + build

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