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mis⋅hear

  [mis-heer]
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–verb (used with object), -heard, -hear⋅ing.
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME misheren, OE mishīeran. See mis- 1 , hear
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mis·hear   (mĭs-hîr')   
tr. & intr.v.   mis·heard (-hûrd'), mis·hear·ing, mis·hears
To hear wrongly; misunderstand.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mishear 
O.E. mishieran "to disobey;" see mis- (1) + hear. Sense of "to hear incorrectly" first recorded c.1225.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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