Misconceive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. 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.
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           Those things which, for want of due consideration
           heretofore, they have misconceived.      --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misconceive
       v : interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
           as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue},
            {misinterpret}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be
           amiss}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "misconceive":
     contort, distort, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss,
     make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misapprehend, miscite,
     misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound,
     misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender,
     mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, squeeze,
     strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench