みなす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

regard as; consider to be; deem

Transitive verb used in the pattern AをBとみなす, meaning to treat, judge, or regard A as B. Often slightly formal or objective in tone, especially in rules, judgments, and explanations.

• 彼かれの沈ちん黙もくを同どう意いとみなした。

  I regarded his silence as consent.