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From re- + construe.
reconstrue (third-person singular simple present reconstrues, present participle reconstruing, simple past and past participle reconstrued)
- To construe something again, or in a new way
2002, Conceivability and Possibility[1], →ISBN, page 241:Kripke is an essentialist, and so he is motivated to do things (such as reconstruing some modal intuitions) that are motivated by essentialism.
2003, Ray Woolfe, Handbook of Counselling Psychology[2], →ISBN, page 242:Experience of invalidation may lead to reconstruing, which may take various forms.
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