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

Of Mr. Phillips I must say that I at first regarded him through the same veil of prejudice which had caused me so greatly to misconceive the character of Mr. Garrison.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

In the first place, you entirely misconceive the process by which the Revelation comes to Mary.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward

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