ALL meanings of construes
con·strue
C c - noun construes Third-person singular simple present indicative form of construe. 1
- verb with object construes to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret. 1
- verb with object construes to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer: He construed her intentions from her gestures. 1
- verb with object construes to translate, especially orally. 1
- verb with object construes to analyze the syntax of; to rehearse the applicable grammatical rules of: to construe a sentence. 1
- verb with object construes to arrange or combine (words, phrases, etc.) syntactically. 1
- verb without object construes to admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation. 1
- noun construes the act of construing. 1
- noun construes something that is construed. 1