construe
11construe — con|strue [ kən stru ] verb transitive FORMAL to understand the meaning of something in a particular way: INTERPRET: construe something as something: Please do not construe this as any criticism of yourself …
12construe — [[t]kənstru͟ː[/t]] construes, construing, construed VERB If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way. [FORMAL] [be V ed as n] What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as… …
13construe — construct, construe are related words (from Latin struere ‘to build’) which are both used to denote grammatical function. A word is construed or constructed with (e.g.) on when on is its regular complement, e.g. insist on and rely on (the OED… …
14construe — I. verb (construed; construing) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin construere, from Latin, to construct Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) 2. to… …
15construe — construer, n. v. /keuhn strooh / or, esp. Brit., /kon strooh/; n. /kon strooh/, v., construed, construing, n. v.t. 1. to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret. 2. to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer: He construed her… …
16construe — con|strue [kənˈstru:] v [T usually in passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: construere, from Latin, to construct , from com ( COM ) + struere to build ] to understand a remark or action in a particular way →↑misconstrue construe sth as …
17construe — verb 1 construe sth as to understand a remark or action in a particular way: Party leaders felt that such an action would be construed as political persecution. 2 (I, T) to translate each word in a piece of writing, especially one in Greek or… …
18construe — con•strue v. [[t]kənˈstru[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈkɒn stru[/t]] n. [[t]ˈkɒn stru[/t]] v. strued, stru•ing, n. 1) to give or explain the meaning or intention of; interpret 2) to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer 3) gram. to analyze the… …
19construe — [c]/kənˈstru / (say kuhn strooh) verb (construed, construing) –verb (t) 1. to show the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret; put a particular interpretation on. 2. to deduce by construction or interpretation; infer. 3. to translate,… …
20construe falsely — index cloak Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
