Superstruction

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

Equivalents

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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