construe
verb (used with object)
is construing
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present progressiveof construe (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In 1821 Taylor wrote to Southey, who was an early friend: “A Norwich young man is construing with me Schiller’s ‘Wilhelm Tell,’ with the view of translating it for the Press.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Edward Thomas
A Norwich young man is construing with me Schiller’s William Tell, with a view of translating it for the press.
From Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph) Sullivan
The letter is dated 12th March 1821: A Norwich young man is construing with me Schiller's Wilhelm Tell with the view of translating it for the Press.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
The letter is dated 12th March, 1821: A Norwich young man is construing with me Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell with the view of translating it for the Press.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
