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Webster 1913 Edition

Construct

Con-struct′

(kŏn-strŭkt′)
,
Verb.
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
.
Syn. – To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.

Con′struct

,
Adj.
Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Construct form
or
Construct state
(Heb. Gram.)
,
that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.

Webster 1828 Edition

Construct

CONSTRUCT

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to lay, dispose or set in order. See Structure.]
1.
To put together the parts of a thing in their proper place and order; to build; to form; as, to construct an edifice.
2.
To devise and compose, as to construct a new system; or simply to frame or form, as to construct a telescope. The word may include the invention, with the formation, or not, at the pleasure of the writer. A man constructs a ship according to a model; or a grammar by a new arrangement of principles; or a planetarium of a new form.
3.
To interpret or understand. [See Construe.]

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