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misconceives

misconceives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misconceive.

Meaning of misconceive

Verb

misconceive (third-person singular simple present misconceives, present participle misconceiving, simple past and past participle misconceived)

  1. To misunderstand.
    • 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.1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer
  2. 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

Questions about misconceives

What is misconceives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misconceives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misconceive.

Words near misconceives in the dictionary

  1. misconceived
  2. misconceivedly
  3. misconceivedness
  4. misconceiver
  5. misconceivers
  6. misconceives
  7. misconceiving
  8. misconception
  9. misconceptions
  10. misconceptualisation
  11. misconceptualisations

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