misknow
[ mis-noh ]
/ mɪsˈnoʊ /
verb (used with object), mis·knew, mis·known, mis·know·ing.
to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.
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Origin of misknow
OTHER WORDS FROM misknow
mis·knowl·edge [mis-nol-ij] /mɪsˈnɒl ɪdʒ/, nounWords nearby misknow
misinformation, misinterpret, misjoinder, misjudge, miskito, misknow, miskolc, mislabel, mislay, mislead, misleading
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Example sentences from the Web for misknow
He also scolds Bacon for being afraid that Buckingham's height of fortune might make him "misknow himself."
The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck|Thomas LonguevilleWhy should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?
It would be greatly to misknow Gibbon to suppose that his studies at Lausanne were restricted to the learned languages.
Gibbon|James Cotter Morison