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English
Noun
superstruction (plural superstructions)
- The act of superstructing, or building upon.
1852, George T. Clark, “Kidwelly Castle”, in The Castles of Kidwelly and Caephilly, and of Castell Coch, London: W. Pickering, page 8:The wall has been thickened to give dept to the gateway, and possibly to allow of the superstruction of a low tower above it.
- That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
- 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.
1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 17: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.