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Word Meanings - MISAPPREHEND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke.

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  • MISJUDGE
    To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
  • WANDERMENT
    The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
  • BLUNDERHEAD
    A stupid, blundering fellow.
  • ASTRAY
    Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.
  • BLUNDERER
    One who is apt to blunder.
  • WANDEROO
    A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
  • MISTAKEN
    1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
  • MISTAKER
    One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
  • MISTAKE
    1. To take or choose wrongly. Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak. 3. To substitute in thought
  • WANDERINGLY
    In a wandering manner.
  • BLUNDERING
    Characterized by blunders.
  • STUMBLER
    One who stumbles.
  • BLUNDERINGLY
    In a blundering manner.
  • BLUNDERBUSS
    to G. büchse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus 1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim. 2. A stupid, blundering fellow.
  • BLUNDER
    1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. Swift. 2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in
  • WANDERER
    One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
  • DEVIATE
    To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope. Syn. -- To swerve; stray; wander;
  • WANDERING
    a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering
  • MISAPPREHEND
    To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke.
  • STRAYER
    One who strays; a wanderer.
  • FORWANDER
    To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
  • ESTRAY
    To stray. Daniel.

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