misconceive

Be careful, it advised, your reaction could be misconceived as inhospitable.

It moved on its own lines—peculiar lines, which were often misconceived, even by those who sought to follow him most loyally.

My religion is overthrown if I am convinced that I have misconceived the situation and mistaken what I should do to be saved.

Thus Catherine Vernon, though she was a clever woman, misconceived and misunderstood them all.