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reconstrue

reconstrue verb: to construe something again, or in a new way.

Verb

reconstrue (third-person singular simple present reconstrues, present participle reconstruing, simple past and past participle reconstrued)

  1. To construe something again, or in a new way.
    • Near-synonym: reframe
    • Kripke is an essentialist, and so he is motivated to do things (such as reconstruing some modal intuitions) that are motivated by essentialism.2002, Conceivability and Possibility, →ISBN, page 241
    Synonyms:
    reframe

Synonyms of reconstrue

Forms of reconstrue

third-person singular presentreconstrues
present participlereconstruing
past participlereconstrued
pastreconstrued

Origin of reconstrue

From re- + construe.

Questions about reconstrue

What does reconstrue mean?
Reconstrue means to construe something again, or in a new way.
What part of speech is reconstrue?
Reconstrue is a verb.
What is the past tense of reconstrue?
The past tense of reconstrue is reconstrued.

Words near reconstrue in the dictionary

  1. reconstructivist
  2. reconstructivists
  3. reconstructor
  4. reconstructors
  5. reconstructs
  6. reconstrue
  7. reconstrued
  8. reconstrues
  9. reconstruing
  10. reconsult
  11. reconsultation

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