Definition of Construe
Construe
con·strue
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to interpret, analyze, and then express the arrangement and connection of parts as a means to understand and explain the sense or intention;
e.g. Abstract poems are difficult to construe and figure out.
(verb)
to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part);
e.g. He was asked to construe the meanings behind root words that hail from Greece.
(noun)
an act or the result of construing especially through a piece by piece translation;
e.g. Scholars would create new works or texts from other construes.
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