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Synonyms for misconceive


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mis-kuh n-seev
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs kənˈsiv

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Définition of misconceive

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to have a wrong notion of;" see mis- (1) + conceive. Related: Misconceived; misconceiving.
  • verb misunderstand
Example sentences :
  • I must tell you that you misconceive the situation entirely.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • You cannot misconceive my motives in making this not very agreeable communication.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • I say not this openly, nor unto such as should be likely to misconceive me.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Of course we must not misconceive the character of this wrath.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians » by James Denney
  • It was impossible to misconceive the threat or to exaggerate the danger.
  • Extract from : « Tales and Fantasies » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • As we stand now, we are not likely to misconceive each other.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
  • I occasioned you to misconceive me respecting Sir Walter Scott.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Let us be careful that we do not misconceive it in one most important particular!
  • Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
  • It has suited the correspondent to misconceive the whole purport of my book.
  • Extract from : « Are we Ruined by the Germans? » by Harold Cox
  • For the folk about these parts are apt to misconceive of our sufferings, and to have no feeling for us.
  • Extract from : « Lorna Doone » by R. D. Blackmore

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