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 you misconceive me: I return, at once, and my friend remains behind to answer for me.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

In trying to subject history to the order of logic they sometimes misconceive the filiation of ideas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various