construe
verb (used with object)
construes
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present tense formof construe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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How they decide — their reasoning — might have momentous implications for how the current court construes the Constitution.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
“What emerges on the other side of the apocalypse as ‘Appleseed’ construes it will barely resemble what went into it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
As in none of your business, which often construes to “she’s fine” or “doing well” or “good,” depending on who asked.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
Simon construes constitutional protection from government intrusion as controls against human listening in on phone calls or reading messages.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013
From a justice of peace who forgives no offence, But construes the law in its most rigid sense, And still to bind over will find some pretence, Libera me!
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
