contort, get one wrong, make a miscue, miscite, miscue, misexplicate, misinterpret, misread, mistake, pervert, torture
Definitionv. interpret in the wrong way
Last update: July 27, 2015
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His presentations of character and motives, whether truthful or not, are undeniably fine; but his doctrine that there should be "no theorizing" about history tended to narrow his survey, and consequently he sometimes, as in his remarks on the foreign policy of Elizabeth, seems to misapprehend the tendencies of a period on which he is writing. [Please select]
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You misapprehend the purpose of my mission. [Please select]
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"You misapprehend me, my dear." [Please select]
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"If you would do me the honour to listen, you would not misapprehend me." [Please select]
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"Again you misapprehend me," cried Lord Julian, between concern and indignation. [Please select]
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Lord Lyons suggests that the transaction may possibly be misapprehended abroad, if it come upon foreign powers suddenly and without any explanations. [Please select]
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I observed by a curious shade which passed over Senator Wrengold's face that he quite misapprehended my brother-in-law's meaning. [Please select]
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