construe

1. Make sense of;
   Assign a meaning to (synset 200624823)
   "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
   is a type of: understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
   subtypes:

   • be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand - interpret in the wrong way
   • read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
   • mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
   • literalise, literalize - make literal
   • spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
   • reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to
   • allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory
   • read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
   • read - interpret something that is written or printed
   • read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
   • draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   same as: interpret, see
   verb group: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be

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