construed

[ kuhn-strood ]

adjective

interpreted or understood: Degrees from these “diploma mills” are often awarded based on vaguely construed life experience.
arrived at by inference or interpretation: Public interest must necessarily overlap with a correctly construed definition of “national interest.”

arranged or combined syntactically: Her soothing tones and delicate, thoughtfully construed statements only burrowed further and more painfully into his heart.

verb

Origin of construed

When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers | Michael Schulson | July 27, 2016 | THE DAILY BEAST
Arguably under that logic, any action could be construed as “speech.”
The Supreme Court Turns the First Amendment Into a Weapon for Corporations | Sally Kohn | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This could be construed as a jab at Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is actively considering both.
Forget the White House, Marco Rubio Might Be Lucky Just to Be Reelected | Myra Adams | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights? | P. J. O’Rourke | April 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It's not an insult to farmers (though could be construed as one to Grassley); it's just a gaffe.
Picking Crops And Picking Judges | Ben Jacobs | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

In Havana, as throughout Cuba, there is a cigar etiquette, to infringe any of the rules of which is construed as an insult.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
Lastly a contract dates from the time of acceptance, and is construed or interpreted by the law of the place where it was made.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
More generally, leases of doubtful duration are construed in favor of the tenants.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
As the company framed the policy all of its provisions in its favor are strictly construed.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
But I never manifested my opinion in a way which can be construed into a crime, or which tended to occasion any disturbance.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott

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