Construe vs Explicate - What's the difference?
construe | explicate |
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 explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
As verbs the difference between construe and explicate
is that construe is to interpret or explain the meaning of something while explicate is to explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.As a noun construe
is a translation.As an adjective explicate is
(obsolete) evolved; unfolded.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
* * * * ----explicate
English
Verb
(explicat)- My homework is to explicate a poem.