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   construe

   /kənˈstruː/

   verb

   • 1. interpret (a word or action) in a particular way: "his words could hardly be construed as an apology"
   • 2. analyse the syntax of (a text, sentence, or word): dated "both verbs can be construed with either infinitive"
   • ▪ translate (a passage or author) word for word, typically aloud: "she was construing straight-faced a suggestive passage of Ovid"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin construere (see construct), in late Latin ‘analyse the construction of a sentence’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. construable adjective
   • 2. construal noun

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