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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to misapprehend. [1913 Webster] Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

misconceive v 1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "misconceive": contort, distort, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench