misknow
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of misknow
First recorded in 1250–1300, misknow is from the Middle English word misknowen. See mis- 1, know 1
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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
For in truth," continued she, "from without, you receive not much: I have scarcely seen a person that so little knew, so totally misknew, the people he lived with, as you do.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
His Majesty's misknowing of them hath been the ruin of a goodly part of his estate; but they are all of them—some living, and some dying—come to his Majesty's knowledge.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
My dear fellow, you haven’t enough faith in the terrors of the unknown, or the misknown.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
Then, surely, it were better that the translation had never been made; for to be unknown is better than to be misknown.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
Yes—there is something besides about Sette and Occy being either unknown or misknown, through the fault of their growing.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
He, maligned, misknown, Bows his meek head, and says, "Thy will be done!"
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
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