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"build" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often construct (9 letters).
Definitions
To construct, develop, or make something grow stronger.
Word origin
From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle. False cognate of German bilden.
Used in a sentence
“It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly wize, / With curious Corbes and pendants grauen faire, [...]”
“A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.”
“This code won’t build any more. Have you made any changes?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Construct”5 letters
02“Construct from pieces”5 letters
03“Make from parts”5 letters
04“Make by putting together”5 letters
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