English Explanatory Dictionary

deconstrue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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

Word forms

deconstrue deconstrues deconstruing deconstrued

Etymology

From de- + construe.

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