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<h1>Constringent</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strin"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>constringens</ets>, p.pr.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Construct</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Constructed</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Constructing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>constructus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>construere</ets> to bring together, to construct; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>struere</ets> to pile up, set in order. See <er>Structure</er>, and cf. <er>Construe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; <as>as, to <ex>construct</ex> an edlifice</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; <as>as, to <ex>construct</ex> a theory of ethics</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.</syn>

<h1>Construct</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con"struct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Construct form</col> &or; <col>state</col></mcol> <fld>(Heb. Gram.)</fld>, <cd>that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Constructer</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struct"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, constructs or frames.</def>

<h1>Construction</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>constructio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>construction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.</def>

<blockquote>An astrolabe of peculiar <b>construction</b>. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.</def>

<blockquote>Some particles . . . in certain <b>constructions</b> have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.</def>

<blockquote>Any person . . . might, by the sort of <b>construction</b> that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Strictly</b>, <b>the term</b> [<b>construction</b>] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. <i>Abbott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Interpretation properly precedes <b>construction</b>, but it does not go beyond the written text. <i>Parsons.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Construction of an equation</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other.</cd> -- <col>Construction train</col> <fld>(Railroad)</fld>, <cd>a train for transporting men and materials for construction or repairs.</cd></cs>

<h1>Constructional</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struc"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.</def>

<h1>Constructionist</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struc"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; <as>as, a strict <ex>constructionist</ex>; a broad <ex>constructionist</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Constructive</h1> <Xpage=310>