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[syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
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]
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]
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