Meanings
verbsubstruct (third-person singular simple present substructs, present participle substructing, simple past and past participle substructed)
present singular third person substructs · participle present substructing · participle past substructed · past substructed
- figurativelyliteralTo build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
He substructs the religion of Asia as the base.
1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, s:Representative Men/Plato; or, the Philosopher
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APA
substruct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substruct
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“substruct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substruct. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substruct,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substruct.
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