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substruct, v. rare.|səbˈstrʌkt|
[f. L. substruct-, pa. ppl. stem of substruĕre, f. sub- sub- 2 + struĕre to build, erect.]
trans. To construct beneath; to lay as a foundation.
1847Emerson Repr. Men, Plato Wks. (Bohn) I. 295 The excellence of Europe and Asia are in his brain. Metaphysics and natural philosophy expressed the genius of Europe; he substructs the religion of Asia, as the base. Ibid., Swedenborg 328 A bird does not more readily weave its nest..than this seer of the souls substructs a new hell and pit. |