construed
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interpreted or understood.
Degrees from these “diploma mills” are often awarded based on vaguely construed life experience.
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arrived at by inference or interpretation.
Public interest must necessarily overlap with a correctly construed definition of “national interest.”
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arranged or combined syntactically.
Her soothing tones and delicate, thoughtfully construed statements only burrowed further and more painfully into his heart.
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Construed to a larger and more charitable sense than that in which they were written, the words of Knox fitly enough sum up her career.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John
Thus best advices are Construed amiss, and what we kindly mean Turned into scorn and filthiness!
From The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts by Smith, James Edgar
Long we refrain'd ourselves, submitted long, Construed his acts indulgently, revered, Though found perverse, the blood of Heracles; Reluctantly the rest—but, against all, One voice preach'd patience, and that voice was mine!
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
Construed in its historical context, this means that the United Church tolerates, and does not disapprove of, fraternal intercourse with the sects.
From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
Construed in any rational sense likely to be adopted, the Constitution afforded ample security—far more, indeed, than could be found under a separate confederacy.
From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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