misapprehend

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

misapprehend
    v 1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
         as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn:
         {misconstrue}, {misinterpret}, {misconceive},
         {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misapprehend \Mis*ap`pre*hend"\, v. t.
   To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. --Locke.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "misapprehend":
      contort, distort, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss,
      make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, miscite, misconceive,
      misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound,
      misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender,
      miss, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, squeeze,
      strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench

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