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misread

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mis·read  (ms-rd)
tr.v. mis·read (-rd), mis·read·ing, mis·reads
1. To read inaccurately.
2. To misinterpret or misunderstand: misread our friendly concern as prying.

misread
Verb
[-reading, -read]
1. to misinterpret or misunderstand: he misread her politeness as approval
2. to read incorrectly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.misread - read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"
read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
2.misread - interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"
read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
Translations

misread [mɪsˈriːd] vt (irreg like read) → leer mal
misread [mɪsˈriːd] vt irreg like read) → mal lire
misread [mɪsˈriːd] irreg like read) vtfalsch lesen;
(misinterpret) → falsch verstehen
misread [mɪsˈriːd] vt (irreg) → leggere male

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The secrets of earth and sky and the links that bind them, we felicitate ourselves we are on the road to discover; but our neighbours' heart and mind we misread, we misjudge, we condemn now as ever.
I beg your pardon; I must have misread your watch in setting my own by it.
In short, the poor girl (for what could she know of the criminal intellect, which its own professed students perpetually misread, because they persist in trying to reconcile it with the average intellect of average men, instead of identifying it as a horrible wonder apart) could get by no road to any other conclusion than that he WAS a terrible man, and must be fled from.
 
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