misreckon

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English

Etymology

mis- +‎ reckon

Pronunciation

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Verb

misreckon (third-person singular simple present misreckons, present participle misreckoning, simple past and past participle misreckoned)

  1. (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
  2. (reflexive, obsolete) To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
    • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207:
      And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe.

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