verb
exaggerate, distort, pervert; see mistake, misunderstand.
See misconstrue in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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» botch
» decipher
» define
» distort
» misconceive
» misinterpret
» misjudge
» misname
» mistake
» misunderstand
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