constructure

English

Noun

constructure (plural constructures)

1. That which is constructed or formed; an edifice or fabric.
   • 1829, Samuel Read, Political Economy, page 122:

     Will Mr Godwin, or any other person, venture to maintain that all the buildings and constructures of every kind, and the apparatus of every manufactory , and all the stores of food , clothes, money, and materials, necessary and useful, or actually in use, in all the processes of production at present going on in Great Britain or anywhere else, have been produced by the labour of men at present in existence?

   • 2008, Marilyn H. Tobin, A Sociological Study of Women's Educational Networks in .India, page 151:

     Thus, my working definition of a network and networking is "A network is a constructure of shared values, vision, and voice.

   • 2022, Yijun Yao, Qiang Chen, Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments, page 17:

     The contaminant entry into the building or any other constructure is assumed to equal that escaped from the soil where J_us = J_soil

2. The form or structure of something; the way something is composed or put together.
   • 1818, The Analectic Magazine - Volume 12, page 505:

     The ceiling itself is of a very curious constructure: it is composed of strong pieces of wood in admirable preservation, which are keyed and fastened together in such a manner, that, on pressing the feet on the centre of the summit, the whole vibrates like a tight rope.

   • 1830, Theological Meditations, by a Sea Officer, etc, page 200:

     Nor do we comprehend how such a feeling can be positive in man, whilst the soul is clogged and attached to matter by the component constructure of his nature; which, by such constructure, will occasionally intrude thoughts that are impure and unholy, —thoughts which the virtuous conquer in obedience to the will of God, and to which the vicious submit; their sun of reason being locally shrouded and eclipsed by the gross appetites of instinctive sense.

   • 1910, Commonwealth Shipping Committee, Report - Volume 99, page Page 8:

     In the section of buildings of first class constructure (massive walls and hard roof) the insurance amount increased 25.2 per cent. since 1875, and decreased in nearly the same proportion for the fourth class constructure (wooden walls and soft roof);

   • 2014, Steven Miller, War after Death: On Violence and Its Limits:

     There is an interal limit of formalization because each language, in its very constructure, already entails an innumerable series of translations that transfer something into language that does not strictly speaking belong to language.

3. The act of construction.
   • 1991, K. Sivadasan Pillai, Relevance of Peace Education, page 85:

     Students have to be taken to the village periodically to study the living conditions there and they can be engaged in constructure. This could include mending roads and streets, constructure of drainage canals etc.

   • 2004, John C. Holt, The Buddhist Visnu, page 401:

     After worshipping at the temple, Mr. Premadasa had a small gathering and donated a cheque for Rs. 20 lakhs in order to start the constructure of a new roof.

   • 2013, Cai-qing Zhang, Jin-cheng Zheng, Wen-jun Zhang, “Project Quality Management system and Maturity Evaluation of Electric Power Construction Company”, in S. K. Chen, T.R. Vijayaram, editor, 2013 International Conference on Advanced Education, page 132:

     Preparation works' main contents are the constructure of project quality management organization, the quality information statistics and the development of quality management education works.

Usage notes

The use of this term is largely obsolete, as it is synonymous with the term construction. While many modern publications include the term constructure, the authors are usually not native speakers of English.

Latin

Participle

cōnstrūctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of cōnstrūctūrus