— constructible , adj.
v. /keuhn strukt"/ ; n. /kon"strukt/ , v.t.
1. to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
2. Geom. to draw (a figure) fulfilling certain given conditions.
n.
3. something constructed.
4. an image, idea, or theory, esp. a complex one formed from a number of simpler elements.
[ 1400-50 for earlier ptp. sense; 1655-65 for current senses; late ME constructus (ptp. of construere to CONSTRUE), equiv. to con- CON- + struc- (var. s. of struere to build) + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn. 1. erect, form. See make 1 .