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substructing

substructing is the present participle and gerund of substruct.

Meaning of substruct

Verb

substruct (third-person singular simple present substructs, present participle substructing, simple past and past participle substructed)

  1. (figuratively, literal) To 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

Questions about substructing

What is substructing the present participle and gerund of?
Substructing is the present participle and gerund of substruct.

Words near substructing in the dictionary

  1. substringed
  2. substringing
  3. substrings
  4. substruct
  5. substructed
  6. substructing
  7. substruction
  8. substructional
  9. substructions
  10. substructs
  11. substructural

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