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English *verb*: construe
1.	construe (cognition) make sense of; assign a meaning to
		Samples	What message do you see in this letter?. How do you interpret his behavior?.
		Synonyms	interpret, see
		Pattern of use	Somebody ----s something
		Broader (hypernym)	understand
		Narrower (hyponym)	allegorise, allegorize, be amiss, draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, literalise, literalize, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, mythicise, mythicize, read, read, read, read between the lines, reinterpret, scan, spiritualise, spiritualize, take
		Verb group	consider, reckon, regard, see, view

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