Verb
(transitive) To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
It was just a passing remark; you're reading too much into it.
(transitive, law) Of a court or ruling, to establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
The Supreme Court of Canada read "sexual orientation" into section 15 of the Charter of Rights in Egan v. Canada.
It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation. John Kenneth Galbraith
I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is. Donald Pleasence
I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will. James Vincent McMorrow
Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour. Matt Groening
It's amazing what some people read into songs. Richard Thompson
Party historians go to the past for party purposes; they seek to read into the past the controversies of the present. Arnold Toynbee