CONSTRUE


Meaning of CONSTRUE in English

— 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 intentions from her gestures.

3. to translate, esp. orally.

4. to analyze the syntax of; to rehearse the applicable grammatical rules of: to construe a sentence.

5. to arrange or combine (words, phrases, etc.) syntactically.

v.i.

6. to admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation.

n.

7. the act of construing.

8. something that is construed.

[ 1325-75; ME construen construere to put together, build, equiv. to con- CON- + struere to pile up, arrange, perh. akin to sternere to spread, STREW; see STRATUM ]

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