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<hw>Con*struct"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>constructif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; <as>as, to exhibit <ex>constructive</ex> power</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>constructive</b> fingers of Watts. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.</def>

<cs><col>Constructive crimes</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>acts having effects analogous to those of some statutory or common law crimes; as, <i>constructive<i> treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts.</cd> -- <col>Constructive notice</col>, <cd>notice imputed by construction of law.</cd> -- <col>Constructive trust</col>, <cd>a trust which may be assumed to exist, though no actual mention of it be made.</cd></cs>

<h1>Constructively</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struct"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.</def>

<blockquote>A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or <b>constructively</b> by notice to his government. <i>Kent.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Constructiveness</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struct"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Tendency or ability to form or construct.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.</def>

<h1>Constructor</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struct"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>constructor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A constructer.</def>

<h1>Constructure</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*struc"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Construe</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con*strue</hw> <tt>(?; <it>Archaic</it> ?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. </tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Construed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Construing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>construere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>construire</ets>. See <er>Construct</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.</def>

<blockquote>Thus we are put to <b>construe</b> and paraphrase our own words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or malice of our enemies. <i>Bp. Stilingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And to be dull was <b>construed</b> to be good. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Constuprate</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con"stu*prate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Construprated</er>; <tt>p.p. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Constuprating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>constupratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>constuprare</ets> to ravish; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>stuprare</ets> to ravish, <ets>stuprum</ets> rape.]</ety> <def>To ravish; to debauch.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Constupration</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con`stu*pra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Consubstantial</h1> <Xpage=310>

<hw>Con`sub*stan"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consubstantialis</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>substantialis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>consubstantiel</ets>. See <er>Substantial</er>.]</ety> <def>Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.</def>

<blockquote>Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and <b>consubstantial</b> with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>