Dec 15, 2011 · Construe can usually be translated as "interpret". It's often used in law; thus, an Attorney General might construe the term "serious injury" in a child-abuse law to include bruises, or a judge …

CONSTRUE definition: 1. to understand the meaning, especially of other people's actions and statements, in a particular…. Learn more.

CONSTRUE definition: to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret. See examples of construe used in a sentence.

to interpret the meaning of (something) you can construe that in different ways 2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce

1. to give or explain the meaning or intention of; interpret. 2. to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer. 3. to analyze the grammatical structure of, esp. combined with translating: to construe a Latin …

Definition of construe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

3 days ago · construe (third-person singular simple present construes, present participle construing, simple past and past participle construed) (transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take …

To make an assumption based on evidence is to construe. You could construe that eating an entire box of cookies might make you feel a bit sick. And you might not want to eat them again for a very long …

Construe definition: To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret.

construe /kənˈstruː/ vb ( -strues, -struing, -strued) (mainly tr) to interpret the meaning of (something): you can construe that in different ways (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce to …