The one reduces the primitive animistic world to the lower end of its scale, the other construes it in terms of a purposive utility commensurable with that of human action.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
"And the law construes fraud into force," coolly answered Mr. Thornton.
"Daisy Burns (Volume 2)"
Julia Kavanagh
But guilt construes guilt for the worst.
"Lucretia, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton