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construe


2con·strue

noun \ˈkän-ˌstrü\

Definition of CONSTRUE

: an act or the result of construing especially by piecemeal translation

First Known Use of CONSTRUE

1844

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ablaut, allusion, anacoluthon, diacritic, gerund, idiom, infinitive, metaphor, semiotics, simile

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