The correct answer is mistake meaning of.
Misconstrue
A. dismember
B. partially encircle
C. fabricate crudely
D. mistake meaning of
The correct answer is (D) To mistake the meaning of (a person); to interpret mistakenly; to put the wrong construction on (word, action).
Misconstrue comes from Old English mis (wrongly) and Latin construere (to construct).
Examples of use:
- His friendliness to the woman to the woman across the street was misconstrued by others as a romantic attraction to her.
- It is easy to misconstrue the meaning of that text.
