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constructure|kənˈstrʌktjʊə(r)|
[f. L. stem construct- + -ure, on analogy of structure. OF. also had constructure (rare).]
†1. Construction, structure. Obs.
1620–55I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 38 The whole Constructure being circular in Form. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 78 Nature's variety in the constructure and conformation of so excellent an Organ [the Eye]. 1710Brit. Apollo III. 92 The Constructure of my Body. 1712Blackmore Creation i. (ed. 4) 19 Ye sons of art, one curious piece devise, From whose constructure motion shall arise. 1840Aeolus 32 All the inferences deducible from this constructure will present themselves readily as soon as required.
b. fig.
1622R. Preston Godly Man's Inquis. i. 1 That excellent constructure of our Saviour, laid downe in his Gospell by Mathew: Seeke first the kingdome of God, etc.
2. Sc. Law. A mode of industrial accession, whereby if a house be repaired with the materials of another, the materials accrue to the owner of the house, full reparation, however, being due to their owner. (W. Bell Dict. Law Scot.) |