Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-STRUC'TIVE
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CON-STRUC'TIVE, a.
By construction; created or deduced by construction, or mode of interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred; as, constructive treason. – Blackstone. Stipulations, expressed or implied, formal or constructive. – Paley.
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