construe as

construe something as something

to interpret something to mean something. Please do not construe this as criticism. We mistakenly construed her comments as positive.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Raf	RAHF	Dutch
Olivie	o-lee-VEE (French)	French, Czech
Esi	-	Western African, Akan
Vasile	-	Romanian
Morrow	['mɔ:rəu]
Rain (2)	-	Estonian