单词 | misconceive |
释义 | misconceivev. 1. a. intransitive. To have or form a false conception; to entertain wrong notions. Frequently with of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 misweena1325 misconceivec1395 misunderstanda1400 misthinka1530 missavour1540 mistake1548 writhe1561 misconstrue1581 misapprehend1658 misconstruct1678 misobserve1693 c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 2410 He that mysconceyueth [v.r. mysse conceyueth], he misdemeth. 1592 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 178 I man beseik your majestie nocht to misconsaif of me nor misconstrewe my absence. c1592 Faire Em sig. E4v You know it is for your cause, It pleaseth thus the King to misconceiue of me. a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 12 Therefore misconceave not. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 90 Even if I granted, that some men thus misconceive, still such a mistake would not be one of perception, but one of inference. 1988 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 32 377 Such a view fails to notice the ontological character of historical understanding and thus misconceives of and misdescribes interpretive activity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > that something is so mistrust?c1450 misdeem1534 misdoubt1596 misconceive1611 distrust1628 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. iii. 32 The high Priest suspecting lest the king should misconceiue [ Coverdale suspecte] that some treachery had beene done to Heliodorus by the Iewes. View more context for this quotation 2. transitive. To form a false conception of; to misapprehend (a word, an action, etc.); to mistake the meaning of (a person). In later use also: to devise or plan badly, esp. on the basis of a misapprehension. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (transitive)] misunderstanda1225 mistake1402 misconstruea1425 miskenc1480 misgloze1532 misinterpret1547 missense1560 wrest1563 misdeem1570 misconceive1586 misconstruct1596 misinfer1597 misconceit1598 misknowa1600 to look beyond1600 lose1600 mismean1605 misprize1609 misread1612 misween1614 misimagine1626 misapprehend1628 construea1640 mislead1654 equivocate1665 misrender1674 misaccept1697 miscomprehend1813 read1879 misperceive1911 1586 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1920) 35 107 If..he should in any sorte mysconceave or mysreporte any message or charge. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. i. 1 To yeeld them..reasonable causes of those things, which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they misconceiued. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke Pref. iii A bad heart misconceiueth good actions. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 4 As for others who..have yet decreed to mis-interpret the intents of my reply, I suppose they would have found as many causes to have misconceav'd the reasons of my silence. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Let. (1966) III. 294 You will probably misconceive part of my motives. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 250 If I have understood the matter wrong, or misconceived your design. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 151 I cannot suffer my feelings..to remain unexplained, without the possibility of my being greatly misconceived. 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. i. 10 The Mengwe fill the woods with their lies, and misconceive words and treaties. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 257 Richer's French translator seems to misconceive his meaning. 1923 Granta 2 Mar. 315/1 It follows that our Tripos must be difficult; that we have little use for ‘duds’, for Tutors who misconceive it as being a soft option. 1996 Counsel Mar. 10/3 The last ten years have seen a massive explosion of legislation on sentencing, much of which has been misconceived and badly written. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.c1395 |
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