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construe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of construe

to make plain or understandable

the role of the justices of the Supreme Court in construing the constitution

Synonyms of construe

clarify, clear (up), demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle

Words Related to construe

decipher, decode

analyze, break down

disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle

define, specify

annotate, commentate, gloss

Near Antonyms of construe

confound, confuse, obfuscate

Antonyms of construe

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