Misconceiving

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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.
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     Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
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