misconceive
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of misconceive
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at mis- 1, conceive
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Regrettably, he and they misconceive the application of the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2023
People misconceive reality, according to his diagnosis, because they think about it without imagination or by rote.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to suppose that either of these charges extends to the character of the moralist is altogether to misconceive the position which moral theories actually hold in life.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
It was scarcely possible that she could misconceive.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
Lastly, it is to misconceive the nature of the mind to make of it something passive and inert.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier
The two actors play a couple whose engagement is thrown into chaos by a single shocking secret in this misconceived rom-com from Kristoffer Borgli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Some movies are toxically misconceived, and “The Drama” is among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Those changes enabled the bandmates, friends since they were teens, to become even closer, despite any misconceived notion that they’ve been at odds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
He said a review of the health service to be published on Thursday finds changes to the NHS were "hopelessly misconceived".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
Bruno’s revisions to, and misunderstandings of, Copernicus were misconceived.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
For wine has many excellences, and one pre-eminent one, about which there is a difficulty in speaking to the many, from a fear of their misconceiving and misunderstanding what is said.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
The only safeguard against this sort of misconceiving is to insist on varied statement, and to bring the child's conceptions, wherever it be possible, to some sort of practical test.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
How bitterly they ridiculed its origins and, misconceiving its purpose, dismissed it as a useless appendage of an expiring creed!
From The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi
We have therefore insisted on the rational character of the idea of the good, but without misconceiving the part of sentiment.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
"I wonder not at thy surprise; it is a feeling that hath overcome all others, through the late extraordinary events," answered the queen, evidently misconceiving the meaning of her friend's words.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
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