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over·build (ō′vər bild′, ō′vər bild′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb overbuilt -·built′, overbuilding -·build′·ing

  1. to build over or on top of (something)
  2. to build too elaborately
  3. to erect more buildings than are needed or desirable in (an area)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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