Usage of "misapprehend"

Portuguese

compreender mal

Catalan

confondre

Spanish

malinterpretar

To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly.

compreender mal

Usage of misapprehend in English

Nor was it possible to misapprehend the meaning of what they beheld. 
 The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02 

Herein, permit me to say, you entirely misapprehend the spirit of the age. 
 St. Elmo 

You misapprehend me; M. de St. Auban has no desire to avert the duel. 
 The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sie... 

If you would do me the honour to listen, you would not misapprehend me. 
 Captain Blood 

I wish-andyou must not misapprehend me-thatI loved you. 
 Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ... 

My lord, I should be very sorry for you to misapprehend me for a moment. 
 John Halifax, Gentleman 

It is that the Southern whites misapprehend and make a scarecrow of "social equality." 
 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4 

Beg pardon, you seem to misapprehend the idea. 
 Sixes and Sevens 

Our system, if we do not misapprehend it, will, in its maturity, provide abundantly for all. 
 The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V... 

We have seen again and again how easy it is to misapprehend what is given in experience. 
 An Introduction to Philosophy 

Those in an inferior station to yourself will doubt your good intentions, and misapprehend your plainest expressions. 
 Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries) 

You misapprehend the purpose of my mission. 
 The Golden Scorpion 

But to suppose the business done by calculation of that remarkable man is to misapprehend him altogether. 
 The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,... 

And yet-donot misapprehend me- Ineverthought of bewailing the maiden, or grieving over her early death. 
 A Thorny Path — Volume 01 

Well, I tell you you misapprehend her. 
 The Clique of Gold 

Even the owners of the institution begin to lose track of its activities and misapprehend its real standing. 
 After the Rain : how the West lost the East 