misread

Suddenly seeing things through their eyes allows us to understand how we misread others.

Philip did not say anything, but Susan did not misread the look in his tired eyes.

This was obviously ironical, but it was irony that might easily be misread.

Those who attempt to explain his early concern with the West as purely altruistic must misread his numerous letters and diaries.

He misread words and letters of the MS., although he had two transcripts.

I wonder if you misread him so utterly as to believe that he thought himself something of a prize?