misapprehension
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Misapprehension has it that Billy Budd is about the sea, a briny younger sibling to Britten's Peter Grimes.
From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2012
Misapprehension, when it exists, is a factor in any circumstances, sometimes of powerful influence.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
Misapprehension of the nature and objects of the order on the part of those not members of it.
From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by Lester, J. C.
Misapprehension arose in these matters, because the recovery of the fugitive slave was not viewed as a process of extradition.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
I am Your most humble Servant, Flavia I will not open the Letter which my Cynthio writ, upon the Misapprehension you must have been under when you writ, for want of hearing the whole Circumstance.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
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