superstruct

verb /ˌsuːpə(ɹ)ˈstɹʌkt/

1. To build over or upon (another structure); to erect upon (a foundation).

   archaic, figuratively

   This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue.

Where it comes from

Latin superstrūctus, past participle of superstruō (“to build upon”); super (“over”) + struō (“to build”). See super- and structure.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry superstruct (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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