Antonyms for construe

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb kuh n-stroo or, esp. British, kon-stroo; noun kon-stroo

Phonetic Transcription : verb kənˈstru or, esp. British, ˈkɒn stru; noun ˈkɒn stru

Definition of construe

Origin : late 14c., from Late Latin construere "to relate grammatically," in classical Latin "to build up, pile together" (see construction); also see construct (v.), which is a later acquisition of the same word. Related: Construed; construing; construal.

verb deduce; explain

Example sentences :

But you must not, my dearest friend, construe common gratitude into love.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And even if he had, we must not construe any trifling peculiarity into madness.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

But however you construe the hierograph, the door must be demolished before you get out.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

There—I believe I can construe that passage as well as Porson.
Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald

She has been used to her father's abstraction, and does not construe it into any slight.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

But in every case the early practice did not construe this to include the Territories.
Extract from : « Problems of Expansion » by Whitelaw Reid

In so far as her mind could construe, she acknowledged benefits received.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

Any attempt to construe the purposes of Deity must be liable to the same misapplication.
Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel

The April sun seemed to stir in him a vague feeling that he could not construe.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

If you consider them to be so, you may construe my words in that way.
Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer

Synonyms for construe

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