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   Structure , n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure.  Cf. Construe, Destroy, Instrument, Obstruct.]
   The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.]
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   His son builds on, and never is content
   Till the last farthing is in structure spent.
   J. Dryden, Jr.
   
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   Manner of building; form; make; construction.
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   Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe.
   Woodward.
   
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   Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
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   It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.
   Dana.
   
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   (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
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   That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
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   There stands a structure of majestic frame.
   Pope.
   
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   Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
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