† astructiveadj.
Etymology: < Latin astruct- (participial stem of a(d)struĕre, < ad to + struĕre to build) + -ive suffix.
Obsolete.
rare.
1634 Bp. J. Hall (STC 12640.7) 389 The true method of Christian practice is first destructive, then astructive.
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