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

They have been used to show that we misconceive the scheme of Edwards, when we ascribe to him the doctrine of fate.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

“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