misconceive

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Regrettably, he and they misconceive the application of the U.S.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023

People misconceive reality, according to his diagnosis, because they think about it without imagination or by rote.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I mustn't allow you to misconceive my position," he said.

From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule

Nobody who has read the striking essay in which these words appear could a moment misconceive their author's meaning.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

Lastly, it is to misconceive the nature of the mind to make of it something passive and inert.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste