Verb
construe -
make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?" ; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
interpret ,
see
understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband" ; "I understand what she means"
co-occur with ,
collocate with ,
construe with ,
cooccur with ,
go with go or occur together; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'"
be amiss ,
misapprehend ,
misconceive ,
misconstrue ,
misunderstand ,
misinterpret interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism" ; "She misconstrued my remarks"
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; "mythicize the ancient stories"
literalise ,
literalize make literal; "literalize metaphors"
spiritualise ,
spiritualize purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized"
reinterpret assign a new or different meaning to
allegorise ,
allegorize make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"
read ,
take to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
scan ,
read read metrically; "scan verses"
regard ,
view ,
reckon ,
consider ,
see look at attentively
educe ,
elicit ,
evoke ,
draw out ,
extract deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
