construe
verb (used with object)
had construed
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past perfectof construe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Miller, that had construed the amendment as protecting gun ownership only in connection with service in long-antiquated state militias.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2020
But Sessions criticized this approach as a senator, asserting that the agency had construed Cole too leniently.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017
The majority did not pass on the validity of the Chicago ordinance; it objected instead to the way the trial judge had construed the ordinance in his instructions to the jury.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was in this way that she had construed his answer when they parted all that time ago.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
He stepped back with a gesture of pride, which in a moment he saw she had construed into unwillingness to give the booty up.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall
