Definition of "misperceive"

misperceive

verb
third-person singular simple present misperceives, present participle misperceiving, simple past and past participle misperceived
1. To perceive erroneously.
  Quotations
  The second reason so many people initially misperceived George W.
  2009 January 25, James Mann, “At the White House, What’s Old May Be New”, in New York Times‎