structuratev.
/ˈstrʌktʃəreɪt/, U.S. /ˈstrək(t)ʃəˌreɪt/ rare before 20th cent.
transitive. = structure v.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct
workOE
dighta1175
to set upc1275
graitha1300
formc1300
pitchc1330
compoundc1374
to put togethera1387
performc1395
bigc1400
elementc1400
complexion1413
erect1417
framea1450
edifya1464
compose1481
construe1490
to lay together1530
perstruct1547
to piece together1572
condite1578
conflate1583
compile1590
to put together1591
to set together1603
draw1604
build1605
fabric1623
complicate1624
composit1640
constitute1646
compaginate1648
upa1658
complex1659
construct1663
structurate1664
structure1664
confect1677
to put up1699
rig1754
effect1791
structuralize1913
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [verb (transitive)]
structurate1664
envisage1851
cognizea1856
cognosce1874
structuralize1913
the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [verb (transitive)] > apply structural theories to
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1664 Rational Disc. Universal Med. 1 They wil find, that not Natur, but Art only doth structurat that which is Universal.
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 38 658 Detailed analyses..have to bring out the typical ways of primitives to ‘structurate’ the world mentally.
1978 Eng. Jrnl. Dec. 20/1 You say you've been grammaticized, transformalized, and structurated.
2006 Acta Sociologica 49 243 It is Zetterberg's contention that the ‘deep grammar’ of social life and its generative resources reside in how description, evaluation and prescription ‘structurate’ social life on complex and interrelated levels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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