misconceive
mis kuhn seev
- 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.