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A word linguaphiles need to know. But I don't remember seeing it in AWADtalk.
"In the midst of this growing and important stress the broker became suddenly aware of a high-rolled fringe of golden hair under a nodding canopy of velvet and ostrich tips, an imitation sealskin sacque and a string of beads as large as hickory nuts, ending near the floor with a silver heart. There was a self-possessed young lady connected with these accessories; and Pitcher was there to construe her."
construe SYLLABICATION: con·strue PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: kn-str KEY VERB: Inflected forms: con·strued, con·stru·ing, con·strues TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To adduce or explain the meaning of; interpret: construed my smile as assent. See synonyms at explain. 2. Grammar a. To analyze the structure of (a clause or sentence). b. To use syntactically: The noun fish can be construed as singular or plural. 3. To translate, especially aloud. INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To analyze grammatical structure. 2. To be subject to grammatical analysis. NOUN: (knstr) An interpretation or translation. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English construen, from Late Latin cnstruere, from Latin, to build. See construct. OTHER FORMS: con·strual —NOUN
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