construe
81clear up — I verb answer, ascertain, brighten, clarify, complete, construe, consummate, decipher, decode, die away, disentangle, dispatch, dispose of, elucidate, explain, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, interpret, lift, light, make sense, resolve,… …
82decipher — index ascertain, clarify, construe (comprehend), construe (translate), detect, elucidate, explain …
83decode — index construe (comprehend), construe (translate), elucidate, find (discover), interpret, solve …
84deduce — I verb apply reason, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, assume, calculate, come to a conclusion, conclude, conjecture, consider probable, construe, deduct, deem, derive, determine, divine, draw a conclusion, educe, extract, gather, guess, infer,… …
85define — I verb characterize, characterize precisely, circumscribere, clarify, construe, definire, delineate, denominate, depict the essential qualities of, describe, describe the properties of, designate, determine the essential qualities of, determine… …
86elucidate — I verb annotate, ascertain, bring out more clearly, cast light upon, clarify, clear of obscurity, clear up, comment upon, commentate, construe, decipher, decode, define, demonstrate, describe, detail, determine, disentangle, enlighten, enucleate …
87explain — I verb account for, annotate, assign a meaning to, cause to be understood, clarify, clear of obscurity, clear up, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, disentangle, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, exemplify, expedire, explanare, explicate,… …
88expound — I verb clarify, clear of obscurity, clear up, comment upon, commentate, construe, define, delineate, develop, elucidate, enucleate, explain, explicate, exposit, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make plain, present the meaning of, reveal, set… …
89restate — I verb construe, copy, duplicate, echo, elucidate, explain, go over, go over the same ground, iterate, paraphrase, parrot, plagiarize, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, retell, review …
90take — I n. (colloq.) reaction 1) a double take ( delayed reaction ) (to do a double take) illegal payments 2) on the take (they were all on the take) ( they were all accepting bribes ) II v. 1) to take (a matter) lightly; seriously 2) (A) ( to carry )… …
