construct
    n 1: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from
         specific instances [syn: concept, conception,
         construct] [ant: misconception]
    v 1: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig
         made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed
         an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct, build,
         make]
    2: put together out of artificial or natural components or
       parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They
       manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
       [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct]
    3: draw with suitable instruments and under specified
       conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
    4: create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence";
       "construct a paragraph"
    5: create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or
       concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
    6: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
       [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]

Construct \Con*struct"\ (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt"), 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.
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   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.
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Construct \Con"struct\, a.
   Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or
   inference.
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   Construct form or Construct state (Heb. Gram.), that of a
      noun used before another which has the genitive relation
      to it.
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