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misknow

American  
[mis-noh] / mɪsˈnoʊ /

verb (used with object)

misknew, misknown, misknowing

  1. to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand.

    to misknow the problem.

Other Word Forms

  • misknowledge noun

Etymology

Origin of misknow

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

Example Sentences

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It would be greatly to misknow Gibbon to suppose that his studies at Lausanne were restricted to the learned languages.

From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter

He also scolds Bacon for being afraid that Buckingham's height of fortune might make him "misknow himself."

From The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century by Longueville, Thomas

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