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

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

For unless we comprehend the source whence an author's inspirations have sprung, we may often misconceive his views.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

But in his own time it came upon ears which were naturally disposed to misconceive it.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich