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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Misconceive \Mis'con*ceive"\, verb (used with an object) & 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
misconceive
verb: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue}, {misinterpret}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "misconceive": contort, distort, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench
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