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Definition of Overbuilds
1. overbuild [v] - See also: overbuild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbuilds
Literary usage of Overbuilds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"Thirdly, there may be some- cither that the Scotchman overbuilds, or t thing in
Scotch administration of ex- that the Englishman ..."
2. The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology by Ira S. Mark (1993)
"ASHLAR SHEATHING OF THE BASTION The Stage IV bastion sheaths and overbuilds its
Bronze Age predecessor, rendering the podium for the sanctuary larger, ..."
3. A Church History of the First Three Centuries: From the Thirtieth to the by Milo Mahan (1860)
"12-15; it to knowledge, gnosis, which ex- does not oppose the fundamental empted
its possessors from or- faith, but overbuilds it with in- dinary restraints ..."
4. Pole and Tower Lines for Electric Power Transmission by Robert Duncan Coombs (1916)
"... in the clamps is a wise provision for the attachment of the power wires, it
is equally desirable for a ground wire which overbuilds the power wires. ..."
5. Commission Leaflets by Legal dept, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1915)
"When one line overbuilds another with poles on the same alignment, the wires of
the lower line next the pole of the upper line shall be attached to the pole ..."
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