All 6 Uses
construe
in
A Man for All Seasons
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- If, therefore, you wish to construe what my silence "betokened," you must construe that I consented, not that I denied.†
Chpt 2construe = understand something to have a specific meaning
- If, therefore, you wish to construe what my silence "betokened," you must construe that I consented, not that I denied.†
Chpt 2
- CROMWELL Is that what the world in fact construes from it?†
Chpt 2 *construes = understands something to have a specific meaning
- Do you pretend that is what you wish the world to construe from it?†
Chpt 2construe = understand something to have a specific meaning
- MORE The world must construe according to its wits.†
Chpt 2
- This Court must construe according to the law.†
Chpt 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(construe) to interpret (understand) something as have a specific meaning
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)