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

But to estimate the pontificate of Gregory by the disasters of its closing years would be to misconceive its significance for the history of the papacy entirely.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

But to suppose that either of these charges extends to the character of the moralist is altogether to misconceive the position which moral theories actually hold in life.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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