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Misconceiving

Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived.
--Hooker.

Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.

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misconceiving
  1. Having false ideas; misleading. v

  2. (present participle of misconceive English)

Usage examples of "misconceiving".

Were mostly dull, uneducated men, Simple and honest, dazed by what he did, And misconceiving every word he said.

For the reeds and the strings say who we are, beyond all misconceiving, and were each of us a man of music, there would be no more falsehood nor treachery in the world, surely.