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to interpret (understand) something as have a specific meaning
- No one had the slightest suspicion; and when next day, taking a fowling-piece, powder, and shot, Dantes declared his intention to go and kill some of the wild goats that were seen springing from rock to rock, his wish was construed into a love of sport, or a desire for solitude.Chapters 23-24 (21% in)
There are no more uses of "construe" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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