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there's not a man will budge; How much they've read, I leave you all to judge Footnote 1: The vulgar pronunciation of the word construe is here intended.--_W.

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  1. transitive verb To adduce or explain the meaning of; interpret: construed my smile as assent. See Synonyms at explain.
  2. transitive verb Grammar To analyze the structure of (a clause or sentence).
  3. transitive verb Grammar To use syntactically: The noun fish can be construed as singular or plural.

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construe:   construing ·  construed
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  1. Middle English construen, from Late Latin cōnstruere, from Latin, to build; see construct.

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  1. Early modern English often conster; from Middle English construen, constrewen, construe, interpret, from Latin construere, construe, construct: see construct, v.
 

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/ˈkɑnstru/
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