Mis'con-çēive', v. t. or i.

[imp. & p. p. MISCONCEIVED; p. pr. & vb. n. MISCONCEIVING.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion or opinion of; to misjudge; to have an erroneous understanding of.

Our endeavor is . . . to yield to them just and reasonable causes of those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. Hooker.

Synonyms—To misapprehend; misunderstand; misjudge; mistake.