Definition of "upbuilding"

upbuilding

verb
1. present participle and gerund of upbuild
noun
plural upbuildings
1. The process of building something up; gradual development or accumulation.
  Quotations
  It was beyond the local parson to remain passive while this spiritual cuckoo pulled to pieces this little nest of his victim's weary upbuilding.
  1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 160