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Definition of: construct
(kən·strukt′) v.t.
1. To put together and set up; build; arrange.
2. To devise.
—noun (kon′strukt)
1. Anything systematically constructed or composed.
2. Psychol. A complex of mental images and impressions, deliberately synthesized in a form to aid the imagination in further speculation. [<L constructus, pp. of construere. See CONSTRUE.]
—con·struct′er, con·struc′tor noun
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