Definition of Misconstrues

1. Verb. (third-person singular of misconstrue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misconstrues

1. misconstrue [v] - See also: misconstrue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misconstrues

misconstered
misconstruable
misconstrual
misconstruals
misconstruation
misconstruct
misconstructed
misconstructing
misconstruction
misconstructions
misconstructs
misconstrue
misconstrued
misconstruer
misconstruers
misconstrues (current term)
misconstruing
miscontent
miscontinuance
miscontinuances
misconversion
misconversions
misconvert
misconverted
misconverting
misconverts
miscook
miscooked
miscooking
miscooks

Literary usage of Misconstrues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"Echeandia misconstrues Law of September 13th, 1813.—Failure of Emancipation.—Neophytes Not Forced into Subjection; Not Discontented.—Missionaries Loyal. ..."

2. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"41 gets drunk and misconstrues what he hears — The Improved Order of Knights of Labor organized in Washington and Baltimore — The General Assembly expels ..."

3. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"To be untrue is not enough ; for to be wilful it must have been false to the knowledge of the party at the time ; and if he really misconstrues the facts, ..."

4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1877)
"To be untrue is not enough ; for to be wilful it must have been false to the knowledge of the party at the time ; and if he really misconstrues the facts, ..."

5. The Failure of the "higher Criticism" of the Bible by Emil Reich (1905)
"He who misinterprets Abraham, misreports and misunderstands Jesus of Nazareth: as, on a minor scale, he who misconstrues Lycurgus, misreports and ..."

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