Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to misconstrue
Participle: misconstrued
Gerund: misconstruing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | misconstrue |
| you | misconstrue |
| he;she;it | misconstrues |
| we | misconstrue |
| you | misconstrue |
| they | misconstrue |
Perfect
| I | have misconstrued |
| you | have misconstrued |
| he;she;it | has misconstrued |
| we | have misconstrued |
| you | have misconstrued |
| they | have misconstrued |
Past
| I | misconstrued |
| you | misconstrued |
| he;she;it | misconstrued |
| we | misconstrued |
| you | misconstrued |
| they | misconstrued |
Pluperfect
| I | had misconstrued |
| you | had misconstrued |
| he;she;it | had misconstrued |
| we | had misconstrued |
| you | had misconstrued |
| they | had misconstrued |
Future
| I | will misconstrue |
| you | will misconstrue |
| he;she;it | will misconstrue |
| we | will misconstrue |
| you | will misconstrue |
| they | will misconstrue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have misconstrued |
| you | will have misconstrued |
| he;she;it | will have misconstrued |
| we | will have misconstrued |
| you | will have misconstrued |
| they | will have misconstrued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | misconstrue |
| you | misconstrue |
| he;she;it | misconstrue |
| we | misconstrue |
| you | misconstrue |
| they | misconstrue |
Perfect
| I | have misconstrued |
| you | have misconstrued |
| he;she;it | have misconstrued |
| we | have misconstrued |
| you | have misconstrued |
| they | have misconstrued |
Imperfect
| I | misconstrued |
| you | misconstrued |
| he;she;it | misconstrued |
| we | misconstrued |
| you | misconstrued |
| they | misconstrued |
Pluperfect
| I | had misconstrued |
| you | had misconstrued |
| he;she;it | had misconstrued |
| we | had misconstrued |
| you | had misconstrued |
| they | had misconstrued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would misconstrue |
| you | would misconstrue |
| he;she;it | would misconstrue |
| we | would misconstrue |
| you | would misconstrue |
| they | would misconstrue |
Perfect
| I | would have misconstrued |
| you | would have misconstrued |
| he;she;it | would have misconstrued |
| we | would have misconstrued |
| you | would have misconstrued |
| they | would have misconstrued |
Imperative
| you | misconstrue |
| we | Let's misconstrue |
| you | misconstrue |
Verbs conjugated like 'misconstrue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'misconstrue'
misconstruct,
construe,
deconstrue,
miscensure,
misconster,
miscontrol,
misconverge,
reconstrue,
discontinue,
miscompare,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "to put a wrong construction on" (words or deeds), from mis- (1) + construe (see construct).
2. From Middle English misconstruen, equivalent to mis- + construe.
Sample Sentences
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[...] you lessons you will do well to follow. Let that poor hand of hers lie gently on your hearts; for there may be something in its healing touch akin to that of the Great Master whose precepts you misconstrue, whose lessons you pervert, of whose charity and sympathy with all the world, not one among you in his daily practice knows as much as many of the worst among those fallen sinners, to whom you are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)