construe
vb , -strues, -struing, -strued mainly tr
1 to interpret the meaning of (something)
you can construe that in different ways
2 may take a clause as object to discover by inference; deduce
3 to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp. a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation)
4 to combine (words) syntactically
5 also intr
Old-fashioned to translate literally, esp. aloud as an academic exercise
n
6 Old-fashioned something that is construed, such as a piece of translation
(C14: from Latin construere to pile up; see construct)
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construable adj
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construability n
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construer n