misconceive > define
verb
- Interpret in the wrong way.
- usage: "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
- synonyms: misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(v.t.&i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary