See Also: construe(1)(dictionary)
construe(2)(dictionary)
construe(dictionary)

construe (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: construere, from Latin, 'to construct', from com- ( COM-) + struere 'to build']
to understand a remark or action in a particular way
-see also misconstrue misconstrue construe sth as sth
::comments that could be construed as sexist
::The term can be construed in two different ways.