transitive. To fail to understand rightly; to take (words, a statement, action, etc.) in a wrong sense. Also: †to fail to identify correctly (obsolete…

transitive. To misunderstand the meaning of (a person); to attach a wrong meaning to the words or actions of (a person).

transitive. To put a wrong interpretation upon (a word, action, etc.); to mistake the meaning of (a person); to take in a wrong sense (in modern use…

transitive. To have mistaken ideas about; to misunderstand. Also intransitive.

transitive. To misinterpret.

transitive. To interpret wrongly, misunderstand; to draw a wrong inference from.

transitive. To attach a wrong sense or meaning to.

To put a wrong construction on the words or purport of (a writer); to misinterpret.

transitive. To have a wrong opinion of, be mistaken in one's view of. Obsolete.

transitive. To form a false conception of; to misapprehend (a word, an action, etc.); to mistake the meaning of (a person). In later use also: to…

Chiefly Scottish in early use. transitive. To put a wrong interpretation on (a word, action, etc.); to misconstrue.

transitive. To infer wrongly or invalidly (that). Formerly also: †to draw a wrong inference from (obsolete rare).

transitive. To have or form a wrong conception or false idea of; to think mistakenly that something is the case. Cf. misconceive, v. 2.

transitive. To have a wrong idea of; to misapprehend, misunderstand. Also intransitive.

Towards the farther side of, farther than, past. (With look and equivalent verbs.) to look beyond (quot. 1600): to misconstrue, misunderstand.

To fail to apprehend by sight or hearing; not to ‘catch’ (words, points of a discourse).

transitive. (a) To mean or intend mistakenly or imperfectly. (b) To misinterpret.

transitive. To mistake, misunderstand. Also intransitive.

transitive. To read or interpret (a text, situation, feelings, etc.) wrongly. Occasionally intransitive.

transitive. To think wrongly of, misjudge.

transitive. To imagine wrongly or erroneously. Also intransitive.

transitive. To apprehend wrongly; to fail to understand correctly; to misinterpret. Also: †to suppose erroneously to be (obsolete).

in a bad sense: cf. misconstrue, v. 1a. Obsolete.

transitive. To misinterpret. Obsolete.

transitive. To misapprehend through ambiguity of language. Obsolete.

transitive. To render or interpret incorrectly.

transitive. To take (a word) in a wrong sense; to misunderstand, misinterpret.

transitive. To misunderstand.

transitive. To introduce (an idea, element, or meaning) into what is being read or considered, esp. as an erroneous interpretation. Cf. to read in…

transitive. To perceive wrongly or incorrectly; to misapprehend. Also intransitive.