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

But to suppose that either of these charges extends to the character of the moralist is altogether to misconceive the position which moral theories actually hold in life.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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

At any rate, Acton demanded that the historian must never misconceive the case of the adversaries of his views, or leave in shade the faults of his own side.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron