misconceive en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/ (US)
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Etymology
From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.
Meanings
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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.
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To judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty misunderstanding.
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.
2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misconceived | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misconceived | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misconceives | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misconceiving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |