misknow

English

Verb

misknow (third-person singular simple present misknows, present participle misknowing, simple past misknew, past participle misknown)

1. to misunderstand
   • 1841, The Wodrow Society, chapter 4, The Sermons and Life of Mr Robert Bruce, page 261:

     ...and as he himself confesseth, when he was beginning to misknow God, and to abuse the great benefit of his delivery,...

Related terms

• misknowledge