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misconˈstruct, v.
[mis-1 1.]
†1. Chiefly Sc. = misconstrue. Obs.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. i. 7 Except as it is misreported..and misconstructed..by the false Calumnies of our Adversaries. 1666Abp. Sharp Let. to Dk. Rothes in Kirkton Ch. Hist. (1817) 213 note, To have their carriage, inclinations, and actions..misconstructed. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. i. §4. 12 The doing what may tend to misconstruct, or raise jealousies. 1685Earl of Argyle Last Sp. in Wodrow Hist. Ch. Scot. (1722) II. 545, I pray you do not misconstruct my Behaviour this Day. 1795McKnight Apost. Epist. (1820) I. 183 Dost thou form a wrong opinion of the goodness of God? Dost thou misconstruct it?
2. To construct badly. rare—1.
1823De Quincey Lett. to Yng. Man Wks. 1860 XIV. 39 He fails to construct some leading idea, or he even misconstructs it. |