construe

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Construe it how one might, there would be at least some awkwardness in accepting such hospitality.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Construe: Slake with tears and sighs a wound in thy heart's core—a wound more fierce than his.'

From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Construe, construct.—"To construe means 'to interpret,' 'to show the meaning;' to construct means 'to build;' we may construe a sentence as in translation, or construct it as in composition."

From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray

Construe it, "You may cut my throat, but not alter me," and it will show the pleasant state of party spirit at Nismes, if what we heard so near the scene of action be true.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John

Construe for me this short passage, these few verses: parse, analyse, resolve into component parts!

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)