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superaedificare

superaedificare [LL], to build (on or above foundation, site, or sim., also fig.). b to build on (site or foundation, also fig.); c (absol.). estis ‥ ~ati super fundamentum apostolorum [Eph. ii 19–20] Bede Hom. II 25. 437B; quoniam illi fundamentum quod posuit displicet, nullatenus illi structuram bonae vitae ~are libet Anselm (Ep. 37) III 146; s1224 totam terram, et cum domibus ~atis, quas habui in parochia sancti Nicholai Mon. Francisc. I 494; s1264 Symon ‥ pontem et propugnacula ~ata ‥ fecit concremare Flor. Hist. II 490; s1366 terram cum ~is quasi dies prospicientibus illuminavit J. Reading f. 187; 1435 de tota illa shopa mea cum domibus ~atis Reg. Cant. II 523.  b primum ibi ‥ fundamentum fidei posuit, quod adhuc ~at filius ejus ‥ Wilbrordus Eddi 26; cujuslibet structurae fundamentum absconditum est ‥ et nisi ~etur infructuosum remanet Alex. Cant. Dicta 195; c1137 loca per eos ~ata reparent et ad aisias suas reficiant Cart. S. Fridesw. I 17; 1232 emit terram illam ‥ nudam et inedificatam et ~avit BNB II 680.  c s990 lapidum congerie arietum tunsionibus ‥ durius conserta ‥ ~antes ‥ laboris votivo gaudent proventu Chr. Rams. 88.

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