misconceiver


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mis·con·ceive

 (mĭs′kən-sēv′)
tr.v. mis·con·ceived, mis·con·ceiv·ing, mis·con·ceives
To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.
mis′con·ceiv′er n.
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London: Penguin, 1996: 514-24), Elizabeth Wilson's The Lost Time Cafe (London: Virago, 1993), Lucy Ferris's The Misconceiver (1997.
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