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For the verb: "to build"

Simple Past: built
Past Participle: built

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
build/bɪld/
verb (past and past part. built)
  • 1 construct by putting parts or materials together.

    ■ (build something in/into) incorporate something as a permanent part of.

  • 2 increase in size or intensity over time.

    ■ (build on) use as a basis for further development.

noun
  • 1 the proportions of a person's or animal's body.
  • 2 the style or form of construction of something.
– derivatives
builder noun.
– origin OE byldan, from bold, botl ‘dwelling’, of Gmc origin; rel. to bower1.
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