Misapprehend

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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