constr.

American

abbreviation

construction.
construed.

Example Sentences

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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."

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

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Archiās, declension of, 22. -ar, declension of nouns in, 39. arguō, constr.,

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ABBREVIATIONS.—Abl., ablative; acc., accusative; adj., adjective; adv., adverb, adverbial, or adverbially; cf., compare; comp., comparison or comparative; conj., conjunction or conjugation; const., constr., construction; dat., dative; decl., declension; gen., genitive; ind., indicative; indir. disc., indirect discourse; loc., locative; N., note; nom., nominative; plu., plural; prep., preposition; pron., pronoun or pronunciation; sing., singular; subj., subject; subjv., subjunctive; voc., vocative; w., with.

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Joining, verbs of, construction, 358, 3. jubeō, constr.,

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