Mis`con*ceive" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Misconceived (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Misconceiving.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly;
to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they
have misconceived.
Hooker.
Syn. -- To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
Mis`con*ceiv"er (?), n. One who misconceives.
Mis`con*cep"tion (?), n. Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong
understanding. Harvey.
Mis`con*clu"sion (?), n. An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp.
Hall.
Mis*con"duct (?), n. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
Addison.
Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency;
offense.
Mis`con*duct" (?), v. t. To conduct amiss; to mismanage. Johnson.
To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.
Mis`con*duct", v. i. To behave amiss.
Mis*con"fi*dent (?), a. Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.
[R.] Bp. Hall.
Mis`con*jec"ture (?; 135), n. A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T.
Browne.
Mis`con*jec"ture (?), v. t. & i. To conjecture wrongly.
Mis*con"se*crate (?), v. t. To consecrate amiss. "Misconsecrated
flags." Bp. Hall.
Mis*con`se*cra"tion, n. Wrong consecration.
Mis*con"se*quence (?), n. A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
Mis*con"stru*a*ble (?), a. Such as can be misconstrued, as language or
conduct. R. North.
Mis`con*struct" (?), v. t. To construct wrongly; to construe or
interpret erroneously.
Mis`con*struc"tion (?), n. Erroneous construction; wrong
interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Mis*con"strue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misconstrued (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Misconstruing.] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent.
Dryden.
Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued.
Addison.
Mis*con"stru*er (?), n. One who misconstrues.