misconceive

Example Sentences

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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

Let us be careful that we do not misconceive it in one most important particular!

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

Ah, my dear friends, you entirely misconceive this extraordinary proposal.

From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip

You do not understand me—you, in common with other chiefs, appear to misconceive the terms of this treaty.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne