Emily Dickinson Lexicon

build (builded, building, builds, built), v. [OE < bold 'construct a dwelling'.] (webplay: air, art, barn, edifice, erecting, firmness, form, God, hopes, house, mason, raise, rest, settle, support, together, wall).

1. Form; shape; fashion; pile up; [fig.] cultivate.
2. Make a nest; prepare a safe place for a baby.
3. Provide; furnish; render; supply; put up; [fig.] augment.
4. Construct; erect; frame; make; establish; put together; (see 1 Kings 6:15).
5. Create; design; [fig.] intend; designate.