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Codify and Construct

verb

  • Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
    • usage: "Hammurabi codified the laws"
(v.t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.

noun

  • An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.

verb

  • Make by combining materials and parts.
    • usage: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.
    • usage: "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
  • Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.
    • usage: "construct an equilateral triangle"
  • Create by linking linguistic units.
    • usage: "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
  • Create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts.
    • usage: "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
  • Reassemble mentally.
    • usage: "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"