Monday, 29 July 2013

Construe



CONSTRUE

-verb
1. to interpret the meaning of (something)
2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce
3. to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (especially a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation)
4. to combine (words) syntactically
5. (also intr.) (old-fashioned) to translate literally, especially aloud as an academic exercise
-noun
6. (old-fashioned) something that is construed, such as a piece of translation

















Words can be construed
Distorted by interpretation
Images carry their own truth

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