Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-STRUCT', v.t. [L. construo, constructum; con and struo, to lay, dispose or set in order; Sp. construir; Fr. construire; It. id. See Structure.]

1. To put together the parts of a thing in their proper place and order; to build; to form; as, to construct an edifice.
2. To devise and compose, as, to construct a new system; or simply to frame or form, as, to construct a telescope. The word may include the invention, with the formation, or not, at the pleasure of the writer. A man constructs a ship according to a model; or a grammar by a new arrangement of principles; or a planetarium of a new form.
3. To interpret or understand. [See Construe.]