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Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

Skonce :: Skonce (n.) See Sconce.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..

Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..

Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness..

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..

Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..

Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..

Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.

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