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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Construct

Con-strŭct', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. CONSTRUCTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONSTRUCTING.] [Lat. construere, constructum, from con and struere, to pile up, to set in order; Fr. construire, Pr. construire, costruire, Sp. & Pg. construir, It. costruire.]

Sense 1. To put together in their proper place and order the constituent parts of; to build; to form; as, to construct an edifice.

Sense 2. To devise and put in an orderly arrangement; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

To construct an equation (Math.), to form a geometrical figure corresponding to the equation.

Synonyms—To build; erect; form; make; originate; invent; fabricate.

Cŏn'struct, a.

adjective

a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.

Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), the form which, in the genitive relation, is given to the governing substantive, instead of, as in most other languages, the dependent substantive, and which indicates its connection with the dependent word. The infinitive of the verb is also sometimes said to be in the construct state when used as a governing word.