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Webster 1913 Edition
Misconceive
Misˊcon-ceive′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Misconceived
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Misconceiving
.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have
misconceived
. Hooker.
Syn. – To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
Definition 2024
misconceive
misconceive
English
Verb
misconceive (third-person singular simple present misconceives, present participle misconceiving, simple past and past participle misconceived)
- to misunderstand
- 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer
- Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a gen'rous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy.
- 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer