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misconceive

[mis-kuhn-seev]

Origin

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing.

to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see mis-¹, conceive

Related forms

mis·con·ceiv·er, noun

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misconceive (ˌmɪskənˈsiːv)

—vb
	to have the wrong idea; fail to understand

miscon'ceiver

—n

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Word Origin & History

misconceive

late 14c., "to have a wrong notion of;" see mis- (1) + conceive. Related: Misconceived.

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