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- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)v. t. construct, make, fashion; erect; found. See form, production. —n. physique, body. See building. Ant., demolish, raze.II(Roget's IV) v.1. [To construct]Syn. erect, construct, frame, raise, rear, make, manufacture, put together, fit together, fabricate, contrive, carpenter, assemble, put up, set up, model, hammer together, knock together, throw together, throw up, pile stone on stone, sculpture, fashion, compose, evolve, develop, compile, cast, reconstruct, chisel, hew, mold, produce, forge, block out, bring about, create, devise, carve, weave; see also create 2 , form 1 .Ant. destroy*, demolish, wreck.2. [To increase]3. [To found]III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)In.physique, shape, figure, body.IIv.1. construct erect, put together, assemble, raise, fabricate, *knock together, engineer, contrive, *throw up.2. establish start, set up, initiate, institute, found, create.form shape, mold, model, fashion, create.intensify compound, escalate, mount, amplify, magnify, grow, swell.ANT.: 1. disassemble, demolish, raze. 4. decrease, decrescendoIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make or form (a structure): construct, erect, put up, raise, rear2. See MAKE. 2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge1, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape. See MAKE. 3. To create by combining parts or elements: compose, configure, form, pattern, shape, structure. See MAKE. 4. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal: beef up. See INCREASE. 5. To provide a basis for: base1, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest1, root1, underpin. See OVER. II noun The physical or constitutional characteristics of a person: constitution, habit, habitus, physique. See BODY.
English dictionary for students. 2013.