| To fail to grasp or to misconceive what was believed to be the essence of faith might mean exile, harassment, or even death. |
| These arguments misconceive the role of a notwithstanding clause in a constitutional democracy. |
| There are few scholars to whom the term suggests a process by which an Easterner might utterly misconceive the West and its citizens, much less do them an injustice. |
| It would be a grave mistake to underestimate or to misconceive the wider and indeed universal functions of these remarkable institutions. |
| You cannot misconceive my motives in making this not very agreeable communication. |
| But to marvel at copiousness would be to misconceive achievement: all that arithmetic is, however impressive, beside the point. |
