“+ verb
Etymology: Middle English misconceiven, from mis- (I) + conceiven to conceive — more at conceive
intransitive verb
: to conceive wrongly
misconceives, if he thinks acting is all fun and no work
transitive verb
: to form a wrong idea of : mistake the meaning of
misconceived the size of the continent
misconceived the nature of the problem
• mis·con·ceiv·er -və(r) noun