Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Misinterpret \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t.
   To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a
   wrong sense.

Source : WordNet®

misinterpret
     v 1: interpret falsely
     2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: {misread}]
     3: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
        as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue},
         {misconceive}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}]