Rebuild
[riː'bɪld] or [,ri'bɪld]
Definition
(verb.) build again; 'The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb'.
Typist: Zamenhof--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Reconstruct.
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Definition
v.t. to build again: to renew.—n. Rebuild′er.
Typed by Deirdre
Examples
- Whitney attempted to rebuild his factory, but the affairs of the firm were in extreme jeopardy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was detained in his progress by having to repair and corduroy the roads, and rebuild the bridges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He strove to rebuild on reasoned foundations the sense of social obligation and responsibility which had in the earlier days of Athens rested upon faith in the existence of the gods. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Trinity Church was founded in 1696 and rebuilt in 1839. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A good shop for the latter was in the Strand--somewhere in that part which has been rebuilt since. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was the last asset in their fortunes, the nucleus around which their life was to be rebuilt. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The palace at Cnossos was destroyed, and never rebuilt nor reinhabited. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When a house is rebuilt, improved, or enlarged, there is a new valuation, and the tax is rated accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the same strain his friend Bertin said that after the war everything would have to be rebuilt from the top to the bottom, the top especially. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Everywhere the nobility rebuilt or extended their chateaux to the new pattern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The curse pronounced against the rebuilding of it, has never been removed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The rebuilding of this road would give us two roads as far as Stevenson over which to supply the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Any one of these partners would have disinherited his son on the question of rebuilding Tellson's. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Palmer at that time commanded the 13th Illinois, which was acting as a guard to workmen who were engaged in rebuilding this bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He condemns a whole street at a time, assesses the damages, pays them, and rebuilds superbly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Margery