misconceive
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misconceive
- /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.
verb misconceives · misconceiving · misconceived
- To misunderstand. 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a gen'rous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy.
- To judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty misunderstanding. HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.
Talk about this word "misconceive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/misconceive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. misconceive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/misconceive "misconceive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/misconceive.Cite this
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title = {misconceive},
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