Misapprehend

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To apprehend incorrectly or wrongly; misunderstand; take in a wrong sense.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. interpret in the wrong way
    • Word Usage
    "I am not being a wiseguy but please tell me where I misapprehend the implications of federal tort reform."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    construe  interpret  see  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contort  distort  garble  get one wrong  get wrong  
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