Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To construct wrongly.
- To misconstrue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.
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- verb To
construct wrongly. - verb To construe or
interpret erroneously.
Etymologies
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Examples
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DOBBS: No more than I want you to misconstruct me.
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When he had ended, he turned to the south side of the scaffold, and said, "Gentlemen, I pray you do not misconstruct my behaviour this day; I freely forgive all men their wrongs and injuries done against me, as I desire to be forgiven of God."
History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second Charles James Fox 1777
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"That matter is not rightly understood -- has never been rightly explained," said Deerslayer earnestly, for he was as zealous a friend as his companion was dangerous as an enemy; "the Mengwe fill the woods with their lies, and misconstruct words and treaties.
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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