construe

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verb

1. To make understandable: decipher, explain, explicate, expound, interpret, spell out. Archaic enucleate. Idioms: put into plain English. See explain/baffle.
2. To understand in a particular way: interpret, read, take. See understand/misunderstand.
3. To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense: put, render, translate. See words.

To interpret a statute, case, regulation, treaty or other legal authority; construction requires the determination of the meaning of the language of the authority in light of the background of the authority, such as the legislative history of a statute or the particular facts of and cases leading to a particular case. 27 S.E. 133, 140.

For a list of words related to construe, see:

• Reasoning and Examination - construe: analyze and explain
• Reason and Rationale - construe: (vb) explain, interpret; understand

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opfatte, konstruere, forbinde, analysere, oversætte ord for ord
v. intr. - analysere
n. - fortolkning, oversættelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
interpreteren, grammaticaal combineren, zin ontleden, woordelijk vertalen, een woordelijke vertaling

Français (French)
v. tr. - interpréter, (École) faire une analyse grammaticale de (arch)
v. intr. - interpréter, (École) faire une analyse grammaticale de (arch), être analysé grammaticalement
n. - interprétation ou traduction

Deutsch (German)
v. - analysieren, zerlegen
n. - wörtliche Übersetzung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ερμηνεύω, (γραμμ.) αναλύω ή τεχνολογώ (πρόταση), συντάσσω με (πτώση κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
interpretare, costruire, tradurre e commentare, fare l'analisi grammaticale

Português (Portuguese)
v. - construir (Gram.), explicar

Русский (Russian)
разбирать (предложение), вольно переводить, подразумевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - construir, interpretar, analizar
v. intr. - construirse, interpretarse, analizarse
n. - construcción, sintaxis

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tolka, konstruera (gram.), analysera, översätta ordagrant, göra en satsanalys

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
解释, 逐字翻译, 分析, 作句法分析

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解釋, 逐字翻譯, 分析
v. intr. - 作句法分析
n. - 逐字翻譯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 뜻으로 취하다, 축어적으로 번역하다, (문장의) 구성 요소를 분석하다
v. intr. - 해석되다, (문법상) 분석되다
n. - 문맥 해부, 직역

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解釈する, 解剖する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) فسر, ترجم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניתח משפט, פירש, תרגם בע"פ‬
v. intr. - ‮הבין‬
n. - ‮ניתוח תחבירי, תמליל שנותח תחבירית‬

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