misconceive
misconceive is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend. Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. Hooker.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- mistake
- misunderstand
- to misapprehend
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- away
- bad
- catachresis
- coloring
- construction
- cross
- cross-reading
- detort
- distort
- exaggeration
- explain
- false
- falsification
- falsify
- garble
- give
- lying
- meaning
- misacceptation
- misapplication
- misapply
- misapprehend
- misapprehension
- misconstruction
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misrepresent
- misrepresentation
- misspell
- misstate
- mistake
- mistranslate
- misunderstand
- misunderstanding
- parody
- perversion
- pervert
- play
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is misconceive.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/misconceive
- Steward: Jason Burns