misknow
[ mis-noh ]
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
1Other words from misknow
- mis·knowl·edge [mis-nol-ij], /mɪsˈnɒl ɪdʒ/, noun
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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 MorisonWhy should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?
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
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