mis|con|ceive

mis|con|ceive
mis|con|ceive «MIHS kuhn SEEV», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ceived, -ceiv|ing.
to have wrong ideas about; misunderstand: »

Things which, for want of due consideration…they misconceived (Richard Hooker).

mis´con|ceiv´er, noun.

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