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Antonyms for misconceive
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : mis-kuh n-seev |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs kənˈsiv |
Definition of misconceive
Origin :- late 14c., "to have a wrong notion of;" see mis- (1) + conceive. Related: Misconceived; misconceiving.
- verb misunderstand
- I must tell you that you misconceive the situation entirely.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- You cannot misconceive my motives in making this not very agreeable communication.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- I say not this openly, nor unto such as should be likely to misconceive me.
- Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Of course we must not misconceive the character of this wrath.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians » by James Denney
- It was impossible to misconceive the threat or to exaggerate the danger.
- Extract from : « Tales and Fantasies » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- As we stand now, we are not likely to misconceive each other.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
- I occasioned you to misconceive me respecting Sir Walter Scott.
- Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Let us be careful that we do not misconceive it in one most important particular!
- Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
- It has suited the correspondent to misconceive the whole purport of my book.
- Extract from : « Are we Ruined by the Germans? » by Harold Cox
- For the folk about these parts are apt to misconceive of our sufferings, and to have no feeling for us.
- Extract from : « Lorna Doone » by R. D. Blackmore
Synonyms for misconceive
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
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