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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Construct

Con·struct′ (kŏn·strŭkt′), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constructing.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See Structure, and cf. Construe.] 1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

Syn. — To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.

Con′struct (kŏn′strŭkt), a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.

Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.