constr.

American  

abbreviation

1. construction.

2. construed.

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Example Sentences

The status constr. is explained by the circumstance that the whole succeeding sentence together expresses only one substantive idea, equivalent to: "in the place of the being said unto them."

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Passive, verbs in, with middle meaning, 175, 2, d; 256; —— verbs governing dat. used in pass. only impersonally, 187, II, b; —— constr. of passive verbs of saying, etc.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

For as a Nomen proprium is equivalent to a noun with the article, it can never stand in the stat. constr. with another noun.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm