misknow

[ mis-noh ]

See synonyms for: misknow misknew misknowing misknown on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object),mis·knew, mis·known, mis·know·ing.

to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.

Origin of misknow

¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, misknow is from the Middle English word misknowen.See mis-¹, know¹

Other words from misknow

mis·knowl·edge [mis-nol-ij], /mɪsˈnɒl ɪdʒ/, noun

Words Nearby misknow

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use misknow in a sentence

It would be greatly to misknow Gibbon to suppose that his studies at Lausanne were restricted to the learned languages.
Gibbon | James Cotter Morison
Why should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History | Thomas Carlyle
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 Longueville

Browse