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v. To adduce or explain the meaning of; interpret: construed my smile as assent. See Synonyms at explain.

v. Grammar To analyze the structure of (a clause or sentence).

v. Grammar To use syntactically: The noun fish can be construed as singular or plural.

v. To translate, especially aloud.

verb-intransitive. To analyze grammatical structure.

verb-intransitive. To be subject to grammatical analysis.

n. An interpretation or translation.

n. A translation.

n. An interpretation.

v. To interpret or explain the meaning of something.

v. To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence.

v. To translate.

v. 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.

v. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.

To arrange the words of in their natural order; reduce the words of from a transposed to a natural order, so as to demonstrate the sense; hence, interpret, and, when applied to a foreign language, translate: as, to construe a sentence; to construe Greek, Latin, or French.

Hence To interpret; explain; show or understand the meaning of; render.

Synonyms Interpret, Render, etc. (see translate). Construe, Construct. “To construe means to interpret, to show the meaning; to construct means to build: we may construe a sentence, as in translation, or construct it, as in composition.”

To yield to or admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation: as, a sentence that will not construe.

v. make sense of; assign a meaning to

"[Footnote 1: The vulgar pronunciation of the word construe is here intended."

construed    construes    construing   

understand   

constructive    construct    construction   

allegorise    mythicise    misconceive    literalize    misunderstand    allegorize    misconstrue    be amiss    mythicize    spiritualize   

misconstrue   

interpret    understand    explain    translate    translation   

Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few