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misconceive

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mis⋅con⋅ceive

  [mis-kuhn-seev]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ceived, -ceiv⋅ing.
to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see mis- 1 , conceive

Related forms:
mis⋅con⋅ceiv⋅er, noun
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mis·con·ceive   (mĭs'kən-sēv')   
tr.v.   mis·con·ceived, mis·con·ceiv·ing, mis·con·ceives
To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.
mis'con·ceiv'er n.
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Word Origin & History

misconceive 
c.1386, "to have a wrong notion of;" see mis- (1) + conceive. Hence, misconception (1665).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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