Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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 misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
Source : WordNet®
misconceive
v : interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue},
{misinterpret}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be
amiss}]