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Conʹstrue

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To translate. To translate into English means to set an English word in the place of a foreign word, and to put the whole sentence in good grammatical order. (Latin, construo, to construct.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Consort
Conspirators
Constable
Constable de Bourbon
Constantine Tolman (Cornwall)
Constantine’s Cross
Constituent Assembly
Constituents
Constitution
Constitutions of Clarendon
Construe
Consuelo
Contango
Contemplate
Contempt of Court
Contenement
Contentment is true Riches
Contests of Wartburg (The)
Continence of a Scipio
Continental System
Contingent (A)