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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

reconstrue en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + construe.

Meanings

  1. To construe something again, or in a new way.
    • Experience of invalidation may lead to reconstruing, which may take various forms. 2003, Ray Woolfe, Handbook of Counselling Psychology, →ISBN, page 242:
    • 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:
    • Near-synonym: reframe

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reconstruing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconstrued Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconstrued Tense=Past lexicographic
reconstrues Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

reconstruct

Synonyms

reframe