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Definition of Misconceives
1. misconceive [v] - See also: misconceive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misconceives
Literary usage of Misconceives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... demands re-enforcements— Joseph misconceives the emperor's plans—Wellington's
plans vindicated against French ..."
2. Beginnings of a New School of Metaphysics: Three Essays in One Volume by Benjamin Humphrey Smart (1842)
"... them by their very nature as instruments of deception, only proves that the
objector utterly misconceives the relation between thought and language. ..."
3. An Introduction to Philosophy by Orlin Ottman Fletcher (1913)
"The view under consideration misconceives individuality and, ... The theory we
are examining misconceives the relation of qualities to substance; and, ..."
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