misconceive
1 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. [1913 Webster] Those things… …
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
2 misconceive — I verb be deceived, be misguided, be misinformed, be misled, be mistaken, blunder, deceive oneself, delude oneself, distort the meaning, err, estimate incorrectly, fail to understand, fall into error, guess wrong, interpret incorrectly, labor… …
Law dictionary
3 misconceive — (v.) late 14c., to have a wrong notion of; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + CONCEIVE (Cf. conceive). Related: Misconceived; misconceiving …
Etymology dictionary
4 misconceive — ► VERB 1) fail to understand correctly. 2) (be misconceived) be badly judged or planned …
English terms dictionary
5 misconceive — [mis΄kən sēv′] vt., vi. misconceived, misconceiving to conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand misconception [mis΄kənsep′shən] n …
English World dictionary
6 misconceive — UK [ˌmɪskənˈsiːv] / US [ˌmɪskənˈsɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms misconceive : present tense I/you/we/they misconceive he/she/it misconceives present participle misconceiving past tense misconceived past participle misconceived formal to fail to …
English dictionary
7 misconceive — verb /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/ to misunderstand Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a genrous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy …
Wiktionary
8 misconceive — misconceiver, n. /mis keuhn seev /, v.t., v.i., misconceived, misconceiving. to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand. [1350 1400; ME; see MIS 1, CONCEIVE] * * * …
Universalium
9 misconceive — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
Moby Thesaurus
10 misconceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misconstrue, miscalculate, misinterpret, err; see mistake , misunderstand . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To understand incorrectly: misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand. See UNDERSTAND …
English dictionary for students
11 misconceive — mis|con|ceive [ ,mıskən siv ] verb transitive FORMAL to fail to understand something correctly …
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
12 misconceive — v. conceive incorrectly; misunderstand; misjudge …
English contemporary dictionary
13 misconceive — verb 1》 fail to understand correctly. 2》 judge or plan badly …
English new terms dictionary
14 misconceive — v. a. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misjudge, mistake …
New dictionary of synonyms
15 misconceive — v misunderstand, misapprehend, misconstrue, misread, misinterpret; misjudge, miscalculate; form the wrong notion, get the wrong idea; get off on the wrong foot, get a false start, jump the gun, go off half cocked …
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
16 misconceive — mis·conceive …
English syllables
17 misconceive — mis•con•ceive [[t]ˌmɪs kənˈsiv[/t]] v. t. v. i. ceived, ceiv•ing to interpret wrongly; misunderstand • Etymology: 1350–1400 mis con•ceiv′er, n. mis con•cep′tion kənˈsɛp ʃən n …
From formal English to slang
18 misconceive — [c]/mɪskənˈsiv / (say miskuhn seev) verb (misconceived, misconceiving) –verb (t) 1. to conceive wrongly; misunderstand. –verb (i) 2. to misunderstand something or someone. –misconceiver, noun …
Australian English dictionary
19 misconceive — v. 1 intr. (often foll. by of) have a wrong idea or conception. 2 tr. (as misconceived adj.) badly planned, organized, etc. 3 tr. misunderstand (a word, person, etc.). Derivatives: misconceiver n. misconception n …
Useful english dictionary
20 Misconceived — 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. [1913 Webster]… …
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English