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

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

But to estimate the pontificate of Gregory by the disasters of its closing years would be to misconceive its significance for the history of the papacy entirely.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

But you misconceive me: I return, at once, and my friend remains behind to answer for me.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis