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

Pray, my dear sir, my dear Mr. Dingwell, don't misconceive; we use slang phrases, now and then, without the least meaning or disrespect: it has become quite the tong.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

It is impossible to misconceive the common principle which animates them, the unity of their method.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

They have been used to show that we misconceive the scheme of Edwards, when we ascribe to him the doctrine of fate.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor