Sentence examples for the construed from inspiring English sources
verb
To interpret or explain the meaning of something.
- The world must construe according to its wits
If the construed premise is accepted, either by the opponent in a dialectical debate or by the audience in public speech, we can draw the intended conclusion.
In United States v. Gooding (1827), the Court construed the elements of the fitting out offense.
But it wasn't an H-bomb, at least as the panel construed the term.
The Kachins construed the move as an act of "Burmese chauvinism".
No coherent pattern in the differences appeared, either in the nature of the tasks or how the provinces construed them.
"They come for the wonderful and wild juxtaposition of the highly programmed to the chaotically construed," he explains.
In the readings, the speaker is construed as the Sayer of a verbal clause.
The Court of Appeal construed section 8B(1) in accordance with the clear legislative intention expressed through the plain wording of the provision.
The authors construe the intentional component quite narrowly, though: it just refers to the artefact's function, its being a means to realize a certain practical end.
"Today, the market construed Duisenberg's latest comments as a license to sell".
The ruling, construed broadly, implied that any offshore processing of refugees could also be considered unlawful.
