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construes

  • present tense form
    of construe (3rd person singular).
    construe
    verb (used with object)
    to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.

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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. 13, 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

It's a shocking thing the way the press in this country construes license for freedom....

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous