Meaning of Superstruction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of superstructing, or building upon.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.”

“1668, John Denham, Preface to the translation of two poems, in Poems and Translations, 6th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1719, p. 89, […] for I love not to improve the Honour of the Living, by impairing that of the Dead; and my own Profession hath taught me, not to erect new Superstructions upon an old Ruin.”

“Since virtuous superstructions have commonly generous foundations, dive into thy inclinations, and early discover what nature bids thee to be, or tells thee thou may’st be.”

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