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
Finnbar	-	Irish
Giannina	jahn-NEE-nah	Italian
Bituin	-	Tagalog
Emory	['eməri]
Darya (2)	-	Persian
Luningning	-	Tagalog