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ˌmisappreˈhend, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To apprehend wrongly; not to understand rightly; to attach a wrong meaning to. † Also, with acc. and inf., to suppose erroneously (that..).
a1653Binning Serm. (1845) 567 All our Mischief proceeds from this, that we Misapprehend and Mistake that which we would gladly have. a1661Fuller Worthies, Wiltsh. (1662) iii. 155 Country-People who live far off in our Land misapprehend them (distanced more then 12 miles) to be near together. 1726Atterbury Serm. I. ix. 322 Here is a Law, attended with none of these Inconveniences; the grossest Minds can scarce misapprehend it. 1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. ii. 61 Let me not be misapprehended as giving our knowledge for more than it is actually worth. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 218, I do not think that I misapprehend your meaning.
absol.1658T. Wall Character Enemies Ch. 42 To mis⁓apprehend, denotes a man. Tis head-strong persistance that degrades him into a Beast.
Hence misappreˈhended ppl. a., misappreˈhending vbl. n. Also misappreˈhendingly adv., through misapprehension.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iv. (1686) 10 Fallacious foundations, and misapprehended mediums. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xiii. 72 Mis-apprehended, or ill-compounded phantasmes. 1702Sir G. Kneller in Pepys' Diary VI. 237, I ask your pardon for Misapprehending. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 16 Unless a man identifies himself, misapprehendingly, with his body. 1886New York Sch. Jrnl. XXXI. 259 The most misapprehended word in all modern educational literature is the word, ‘method’. |