"substruct" meaning in English

See substruct in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: substructs [present, singular, third-person], substructing [participle, present], substructed [participle, past], substructed [past]
Etymology: See substruction. Head templates: {{en-verb}} substruct (third-person singular simple present substructs, present participle substructing, simple past and past participle substructed)
  1. To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
    Sense id: en-substruct-en-verb--gRmc1vq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for substruct meaning in English (1.1kB)

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  "etymology_text": "See substruction.",
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          "ref": "1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, s:Representative Men/Plato; or, the Philosopher",
          "text": "He substructs the religion of Asia as the base.",
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