Word:
Construe
Status:
Verb(both transitive and instransitive)
Meaning:
transitive
: to analyze the connection and arrangement of words(in a sentence or sentence part)
intransitive
: to understand or explain the sense in a particular way or by a certain set of circumstances.
Sentences:
1) The way the court construes various words has changed over time.
2) She construed my actions as hostile.
Origin:
Middle English, from Late Latin construere, from Latin, which means 'construct'.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
clarify, clear, explain, demonstrate, expound, explicate.
Antonyms:
obscure, confound, confuse.
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