misconceive

Example Sentences

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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

Of Mr. Phillips I must say that I at first regarded him through the same veil of prejudice which had caused me so greatly to misconceive the character of Mr. Garrison.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

And greatly do you misconceive our close fellowship if you fear that in aught I would betray you, and that I would not screen you more than I would myself.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de

For her purposes she preferred that he should entirely misconceive her.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen