Definition of "misapprehends" [misapprehends]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend. (verb)

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• "The woman suffragist misapprehends -- it will be better to assume that she "misapprehends" -- when she suggests that we, the male electors, have framed the laws."
• "This approach ignores the wide regulatory latitude afforded to Congress, under its Commerce Clause power, to address what in its view are substantial problems, and it misapprehends the role of a reviewing court."
• "The reader who believes that, to such a "Chinese" parent, the throng of Asian American "bloggers" and their "commenters" pouring grief onto the webpage are so much as audible over the boom of Wall Street Journal and Yale Law, severely misapprehends the nature of this parenting paradigm."