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construe

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8 lettersPronunciation /kənˈstɹuː/Part of speech verbSorted cenorstuStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make sense of; assign a meaning to

Word origin

From Middle English construen, from Late Latin construo, construere (“to relate grammatically”), from Latin construo (“pile together”); doublet of construct.

Used in a sentence

  • The world must construe according to its wits; this court must construe according to the law.
  • This is a new fashionable proverb, which I must construe to you.
  • Bru[tus]. […] Portia go in a while, And by and by thy boſome ſhall partake The ſecrets of my Heart. All my engagements, I will construe to thee, All the Charractery of my ſad browes.

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