Definition of: construe

(kən·str′) v. ·strued, ·stru·ing v.t.
1. To analyze the grammatical structure of (a clause or sentence) so as to determine the use, interrelations, and function of each word; parse.
2. To translate orally.
3. To deduce by inference; interpret.
4. Gram. To combine (words, etc.) according to syntax; The noun aerodynamics is construed as a singular.
—v.i.
5. To determine grammatical structure.
6. To infer; deduce.
7. To admit of grammatical analysis.
—noun
1. A construction or act of construing.
2. A translation according to a given construction. [<L construere <com- together + struere build up]
—con·stru′a·ble adjective
—con·stru′er noun