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misapprehend

[ mis-ap-ri-hend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to misunderstand.


misapprehend

/ ˌɪæɪˈɛԻ /

verb

  1. tr to misunderstand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲ, adverb
  • ˌˈԲԱ, noun
  • ˌˈԲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • a··ԻiԲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of misapprehend1

First recorded in 1645–55; mis- 1 + apprehend
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These innovations represent an encroachment of the secular, misapprehending America’s pastime as a way to merely “pass” the time.

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Rehearing a case is an option for the court when someone contends justices “overlooked or misapprehended” facts or laws, but it’s only happened two other times in the past 30 years, according to one justice.

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But they can be granted based on arguments that the justices “overlooked or misapprehended” facts or laws.

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Schrader counters that McLeod-Skinner, who has the support of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other forces on the left, is the one who misapprehends the moment.

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So many coaches misapprehend the nature of real authority.

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