deconstrue

verb

Etymology

From de- + construe.

  1. derived from construo
  2. derived from construo
  3. inherited from construen
  4. prefixed as deconstrue — “de + construe

Definitions

  1. To dismantle or reject the previous interpretation or explanation of the meaning of…

    To dismantle or reject the previous interpretation or explanation of the meaning of something; to undo construing.

    • What the characters construe and misconstrue, we must deconstrue, a challenging exercise given that the characters are never honest even with themselves.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deconstrue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA