reconstrue en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + construe.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reconstruing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconstrued | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reconstrued | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reconstrues | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |