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• v  interpret in the wrong way

• The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
• It shows how greatly writers can misconceive: Conan Doyle protested that developing character in detective stories could only endanger the plot.
• People misconceive reality, according to his diagnosis, because they think about it without imagination or by rote.

• misconstrue
• misinterpret
• misunderstand
• misapprehend
• be amiss