misconceive
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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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
When we revolt against primitive facts, we equally misconceive the constitution of our intelligence and the end of philosophy.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
Plato—whom we refer to, because he is the coryphaeus of all the diverse host of Greek philosophy—seems to overestimate or rather to misconceive the place of knowledge.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
You do not understand me—you, in common with other chiefs, appear to misconceive the terms of this treaty.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
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