Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

2. (v. t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

3. (a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.