misknow

[ mis-noh ]

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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

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How to use misknow in a sentence

Out of that experience crowds all that he knows, and all that he misknows.
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