construe
From LSJ
Κατηγορεῖν οὐκ ἔστι καὶ κρίνειν ὁμοῦ → Iudex et accusator esse idem nequit → Wer anklagt, darf nicht auch noch Richter sein zugleich
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
interpret: P. and V. ἑρμηνεύειν; see interpret.
I will construe your silence as consent: P. τὴν σιγήν σου συγχώρησιν θήσω (Plato, orat. 435B).