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. [1913 Webster] Those things… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misconceive — I verb be deceived, be misguided, be misinformed, be misled, be mistaken, blunder, deceive oneself, delude oneself, distort the meaning, err, estimate incorrectly, fail to understand, fall into error, guess wrong, interpret incorrectly, labor… … Law dictionary
misconceive — (v.) late 14c., to have a wrong notion of; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + CONCEIVE (Cf. conceive). Related: Misconceived; misconceiving … Etymology dictionary
misconceive — ► VERB 1) fail to understand correctly. 2) (be misconceived) be badly judged or planned … English terms dictionary
misconceive — [mis΄kən sēv′] vt., vi. misconceived, misconceiving to conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand misconception [mis΄kənsep′shən] n … English World dictionary
misconceive — UK [ˌmɪskənˈsiːv] / US [ˌmɪskənˈsɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms misconceive : present tense I/you/we/they misconceive he/she/it misconceives present participle misconceiving past tense misconceived past participle misconceived formal to fail to … English dictionary
misconceive — verb /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/ to misunderstand Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a genrous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy … Wiktionary
misconceive — misconceiver, n. /mis keuhn seev /, v.t., v.i., misconceived, misconceiving. to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand. [1350 1400; ME; see MIS 1, CONCEIVE] * * * … Universalium
misconceive — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
misconceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misconstrue, miscalculate, misinterpret, err; see mistake , misunderstand . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To understand incorrectly: misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand. See UNDERSTAND … English dictionary for students
misconceive — mis|con|ceive [ ,mıskən siv ] verb transitive FORMAL to fail to understand something correctly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
