CONSTRUE

I. verb (~d; construing) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~re, from Latin, to construct Date: 14th century transitive verb to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part), to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances , intransitive verb to ~ a sentence or sentence part especially in connection with translating, construable adjective II. noun Date: 1844 an act or the result of construing especially by piecemeal translation