Construe vs Clarify - What's the difference?
construe | clarify |
To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
(grammar) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence.
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To translate.
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.
* (rfdate) Ure:
To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
* (rfdate) South:
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
* Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify .
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(obsolete) To glorify.
As verbs the difference between construe and clarify
is that construe is to interpret or explain the meaning of something while clarify is to make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.As a noun construe
is a translation.construe
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The world must construe''' according to its wits; this court must '''construe according to the law.
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- Thus, in a sentence such as:
(113) John considers [S Fred'' to be too sure of ''himself'']
the italicised Reflexive ''himself'' can only be construed''' with ''Fred'', not with ''John'': this follows from our assumption that non-subject Reflexives must have an antecedent within their own S. Notice, however, that in a sentence such as:
(114) ''John'' seems to me [S — to have perjured ''himself'']
''himself'' must be '''construed with ''John .
Derived terms
* construction * misconstrueAnagrams
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English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(en-verb)- Boiled and clarified .
- To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
