'Misconceive' definitions:
Definition of 'misconceive'
(from WordNet)
verb
Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
Definition of 'Misconceive'
From: GCIDE
- 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 which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misconceive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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