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

"I mustn't allow you to misconceive my position," he said.

From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule

Base men are there, but when in the bright, breezy sentiments of modern newspaper life you assert there is treason, you either lie or misconceive the meaning of the English language.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various

“Well said, old Mole!” is, I think, not judicious, because it causes some actors to misconceive Shakespeare’s intention in this scene.

From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William