ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

523. Misinterpretation -- N. misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding,
misacceptation † , misconstruction, misapplication; catachresis † ; eisegesis † ; cross-reading,
cross-purposes; mistake &c 495.
misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration &c 549; false coloring, false construction;
abuse of terms; parody, travesty; falsification &c (lying) 544.
V. misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate,
misconstrue, misapply; mistake &c 495.
misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble &c (falsify) 544; distort,
detort † ; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning,
strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad
construction on, put a false construction on; give a false coloring.
be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.
Adj. misinterpreted &c v.; untranslated, untranslatable.
524. Interpreter -- N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer;
demonstrator.
scholiast, commentator, annotator; metaphrast † , paraphrast † ; glossarist † , prolocutor.
spokesman, speaker, mouthpiece.
dragoman, courier, valet de place, cicerone, showman; oneirocritic † ; (Edipus; oracle)
&c 513
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MODES OF COMMUNICATION
525. Manifestation -- N. {ant.
526} manifestation; plainness &c adj.; plain speaking; expression; showing &c v.;
exposition, demonstration; exhibition, production; display, show; showing off;
premonstration † .
exhibit [Thing shown].
indication &c (calling attention to) 457.
publicity &c 531; disclosure &c 529; openness &c (honesty) 543, (artlessness) 703;
panchement.
evidence &c 467.
V. make manifest, render manifest &c adj.; bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front,
bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up; expose;
produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before
one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display,
demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into
notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's
face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of;
unfurl the flag; proclaim &c (publish) 531.
indicate &c (direct attention to) 457; disclose &c 529; elicit &c 480.1.
be manifest &c adj.; appear &c (be visible) 446; transpire &c (be disclosed) 529;
speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign,
give indication of; tell its own tale &c (intelligible) 518.