misinterpret

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to understand, explain, or judge the meaning of something incorrectly

   Do not misinterpret her silence as agreement with the proposal.

Formed in English from mis- ("wrongly") + interpret, which came through Old French and Latin interpretari ("explain, translate, understand"). The compound therefore means to assign the wrong explanation or meaning.

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