CONSTRINGENT
Con*strin"gent, a. Etym: [L. constringens, p.pr.]
Defn: Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
Thomson.
CONSTRUCT
Con*struct", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constructed; p.pr. & vb.n.
Constructing.] Etym: [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 edlifice.
2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Syn. — To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.
CONSTRUCT
Con"struct, a.
Defn: Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.
CONSTRUCTER
Con*struct"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, constructs or frames.