construe
verb
[ kənˈstruː ]
• interpret (a word or action) in a particular way.
• "his words could hardly be construed as an apology"
Similar:
interpret,
understand,
read,
see,
take,
take to mean,
parse,
render,
analyse,
explain,
elucidate,
gloss,
decode,
• analyse the syntax of (a text, sentence, or word).
• "both verbs can be construed with either infinitive"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin construere (see construct), in late Latin ‘analyse the construction of a sentence’.
