An archaic word meaning to construe or interpret; to understand the meaning of something.
From Latin 'construere' (to construct or arrange), shortened and altered through Middle English. Related to 'construe' but more archaic.
This word is so old that even scholars have trouble with it—it's like watching English's deeper history where words were still fluid and meanings were being negotiated in real time.
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