Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
misconstrue — I verb be confused, be in error, be misled, be wrong, blunder, confuse, construe wrongly, distort, fail to understand, garble, get wrong, have an incorrect impression, make a mistake, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread,… … Law dictionary
misconstrue — (v.) late 14c., to put a wrong construction on (words or deeds), from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + CONSTRUE (Cf. construe). Related: Misconstrued; misconstruing … Etymology dictionary
misconstrue — [v] get a wrong or false impression distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, take the wrong way; concept 15 Ant. discern, get, perceive, understand … New thesaurus
misconstrue — ► VERB (misconstrues, misconstrued, misconstruing) ▪ interpret wrongly … English terms dictionary
misconstrue — [mis΄kən stro͞o′] vt. misconstrued, misconstruing to construe wrongly; misinterpret; misunderstand misconstruction [mis΄kənstruk′shən] n … English World dictionary
misconstrue — [[t]mɪ̱skənstru͟ː[/t]] misconstrues, misconstruing, misconstrued VERB If you misconstrue something that has been said or something that happens, you interpret it wrongly. [FORMAL] [V n] An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship … English dictionary
misconstrue — UK [ˌmɪskənˈstruː] / US [ˌmɪskənˈstru] verb [transitive] Word forms misconstrue : present tense I/you/we/they misconstrue he/she/it misconstrues present participle misconstruing past tense misconstrued past participle misconstrued to understand… … English dictionary
misconstrue — /mis keuhn strooh / or, esp. Brit., /mis kon strooh/, v.t., misconstrued, misconstruing. to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret. [1350 1400; ME; see MIS 1, CONSTRUE] Syn. misread, misapprehend, misjudge. * * * … Universalium
misconstrue — verb /mɪskənˈstruː/ To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand. See Also: misconstrual, misconstruation … Wiktionary
misconstrue — Synonyms and related words: bias, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misdirect,… … Moby Thesaurus
