Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To conceive erroneously; form a wrong conception of; misunderstand; misapprehend; misjudge.
- Synonyms To misunderstand, misapprehend, mistake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
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- verb to
misunderstand
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- verb interpret in the wrong way
Etymologies
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Examples
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To understand is pain and joy in one; to misconceive is to scatter broken glass for bare feet.
No Defense, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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To understand is pain and joy in one; to misconceive is to scatter broken glass for bare feet.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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To understand is pain and joy in one; to misconceive is to scatter broken glass for bare feet.
No Defense, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
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The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
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The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive ....
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I guess if people have never seen a live snake but lots of movies where they're depicted as evil-man-eating-things they may misconceive snakes 'behavior.
Snakes in the minds of Turkish students AYDIN 2009
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The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. . .
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Secondly, in noting that at least 8 million citizens were sidelined by the registration process, the editors completely misconceive the nature of the problem, which they sum up thusly: "At fault is the antiquated way voters are registered."
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Hence we should not misconceive and surmise that it is improper to seek other than Allah from Allah, even if it be the means that assist us in approaching His neighborhood.
THE MEANS FOR THE GOAL? mkhalfan@gmail.com 2009
mialuthien commented on the word misconceive
to misconceive – to interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
July 14, 2008