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''misreckon'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260605232103-00-⌔
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Verb
misreckon (third-person singular simple present misreckons, present participle misreckoning, simple past and past participle misreckoned)
- (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- (reflexive, obsolete) To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207:
- ✤ And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe.
Etymology
From mis- + reckon.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /mɪsˈɹɛkən/
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