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misinˈterpret, v. [mis-1 1. Cf. F. mésinterpréter.] trans. To interpret erroneously or in an incorrect sense; to give a wrong interpretation to. occas. absol. Also misinˈterpreting vbl. n.
1589Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. IV. 427 The motioun of my voyage..wilbe diverslie skansit upoun, the misinterpreting quhairof may tend..to my grite dishonnour. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. i 18 Neere to the King in blood, and neere in loue, Till you did make him mis-interprete me. 1645Milton Tetrach. 83 That all misinterpreting, and occasion of fraud, or death may be remov'd. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvii 153 False Teachers, that..mis-interpret the Law of Nature. 1711Steele Spect. No. 80 ⁋1 All their Words and Actions were misinterpreted by each other. 1821–2Shelley Chas. I, iii. 54 Mark too, my lord, that this expression strikes His Majesty, if I misinterpret not. 1880McCarthy Own Times xxxii. III. 63 They entirely misinterpreted the significance of the stories. |