misconceive

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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

Nobody who has read the striking essay in which these words appear could a moment misconceive their author's meaning.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

It is impossible to misconceive the common principle which animates them, the unity of their method.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

Pray, my dear sir, my dear Mr. Dingwell, don't misconceive; we use slang phrases, now and then, without the least meaning or disrespect: it has become quite the tong.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan