misapprehend
[mis-ap-ri-hend]
/ ˌmɪs æp rɪˈhɛnd /
VERB
get the wrong idea, impression
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Misapprehend, mis-ap-pre-hend′, v.t. to apprehend wrongly: to take or understand in a wrong sense.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various