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English
Etymology
From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.
Pronunciation
Verb
misconceive (third-person singular simple present misconceives, present participle misconceiving, simple past and past participle misconceived)
- To misunderstand.
- 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.
- To judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty misunderstanding.
2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45: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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