misconstrue Copy link • misconstrue: male (perperam, perverse) interprĕtor, 1: Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: to m. wilfully, *ultro aliquid in deteriorem partem interpretari: cf. also Tac. A. 1, 7, extr., verba, vultus in crimen detorquere.
MISCONSTRUE Copy link • MISCONSTRUEmale interpretari; aliter ac dictum erat accipere, graviter accipere aliquid (after Cic.). To misconstrue purposely, calumniari aliquid.