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misinterpret

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Verb (transitive)
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mis=in=ter=pret

CIDE DICTIONARY

misinterpretv. t. 
     To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misinterpret, v.tr. (-interpreted, -interpreting)
1 interpret wrongly.
2 draw a wrong inference from.

Derivative
misinterpretation n. misinterpreter n.

THESAURUS

misinterpret

bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent, mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue, pervert, screw up, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench

ROGET THESAURUS

misinterpret

Misinterpretation

VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.


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