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construct
verb constructed, constructing
    1. To build.
      Thesaurus: build, raise, erect, assemble, manufacture, engineer.
    2. To form, compose or put together.
      Thesaurus: create, shape, formulate, design, invent.
    3. geom.
      To draw (a figure).
noun
    1. Something constructed, especially in the mind.
    2. psychol.
      A complex idea or thought constructed from a number of simpler ideas or thoughts.
Derivative: constructor
noun
    Derivative: constructable
    adj
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin construere, constructum to heap together.



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