verb
explain, define, infer, decipher; see explain, infer 1, interpret 1. See syn. study at explain.
See construe in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make understandable:
To understand in a particular way:
To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense:
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