1. construing - Noun
2. construing - Verb
of Construe
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. Paul Ricœur
No stops are ever inserted in Acts of Parliament, or in deeds; but the Courts of law, in construing them, must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
We should not be too strict in construing instruments or contracts generally drawn up on the spur of the moment. Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
Act 2 L'Esilio (Exile) Before the prison Alamiro and his friends lament the fate of Belisarius, whose eyes have been put out by his enemies, falsely construing and disobeying the commands of the emperor. Source: Internet
Construing your failure as a lack of action affords an important rhetorical benefit: it means you don’t have to lay bare the details of what you have done. Source: Internet
The permissive responsum on homosexuality used the Conservative movement's approach to Niddah as an analogy for construing the Biblical prohibition against male homosexual conduct narrowly and lifting restrictions it deemed Rabbinic in nature. Source: Internet