Misapprehend
[,mɪsæprɪ'hend]
Definition
(v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Misunderstand, misconceive, mistake.
Editor: Nolan
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPREHEND]
Typist: Ted
Definition
v.t. to apprehend wrongly: to take or understand in a wrong sense.—n. Misapprehen′sion.—adv. Misapprehen′sively by or with misapprehension or mistake.
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- They do not read them in a true light; they misapprehend them, both for good and evil. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish not to misapprehend you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your criticisms thereon appear to be just, and I imagine you may have misapprehended my intention in mentioning it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And posterity have also sometimes equally misapprehended the real value of his speculations. Plato. The Republic.
- Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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