Definition of construe Construe
/kʌnstɹuˈ/ - [kunstru] - con•strue
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| construe - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| interpret, see | ||
| understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" | ||
| co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with go or occur together; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'" | ||
| be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" | ||
| read between the lines read what is implied but not expressed on the surface | ||
| mythicise, mythicize interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories" | ||
| literalise, literalize make literal; "literalize metaphors" | ||
| spiritualise, spiritualize purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" | ||
| reinterpret assign a new or different meaning to | ||
| allegorise, allegorize make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" | ||
| read, take to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| scan, read read metrically; "scan verses" | ||
| regard, view, reckon, consider, see look at attentively | ||
| educe, elicit, evoke, draw out, extract deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- construe (Noun)
A translation. - construe (Noun)
An interpretation. - construe (Verb)
To interpret or explain the meaning of something. - construe (Verb)
To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence. - construe (Verb)
To translate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- construe (v. t. )
To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate. - construe (v. t. )
To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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construe
To give the meaning or intention of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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construe
kon′strōō, or kon-strōō′, v.t. to exhibit the arrangement in another language: to translate: to explain: to interpret: to infer.—v.i. to admit of grammatical analysis.—Con′ster, an old form. [L. construĕre, constructum, to pile together.]
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