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v. Present participle of construe.

"As noted above, the Reagan and Bush Administrations made frequent use of Presidential signing statements, not only to declare their understanding of the constitutional effect of the statutory language, but also to create evidence on which the courts could rely in construing such language."

construed    construes    construing   

understand   

constructive    construct    construction   

allegorise    mythicise    misconceive    literalize    misunderstand   

misconstrue   

interpret    understand    explain    translate    translation   

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