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misconceive

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/Part of speech verbSorted cceeiimnosvStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. interpret in the wrong way

Word origin

From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

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