misapprehend

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When Kavanaugh briefly touched on history, it was only to make a comment that seemed to misapprehend its significance here.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

So many coaches misapprehend the nature of real authority.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021

Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

“Arguments that it isn’t possible to live without meat—implicitly, because of the role that meat played in human evolution—dramatically misapprehend the relationship between biology and destiny,” Berson writes.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019

"I will not affect, Miss Walladmor, to misapprehend what it is you wish: the prisoner is committed to the soldiers under my command; and you wish me to favor his escape."

From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by De Quincey, Thomas