Definition of "upbuilding" []

• Present participle of upbuild. (verb)

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• "Why should you not make some effort at least in upbuilding, to know what those lands are and assist in the great efforts the Premier and the Minister of Lands have made regarding the settlers on the lands of Greater Ontario?"
• "It embraces a widely diversified population, and the fundamental principle, the prime factor, in upbuilding the British Empire has been the Anglo-Saxon character and the race qualities which belong to the Anglo-Saxon."
• "Since there is no objection, I hereby appoint Lask Finneston chairman of the committee for the purpose of raising and donating money to pay the police-court fine and the expenses of a year's travel for that noble pioneer, John Ward, in recognition of a lifetime of devotion of energy to the upbuilding of Hawaii."