Misacknowledge

//ˌmɪsəkˈnɒlɪdʒ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly. rare

    "I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight[…]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed."

Example

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"I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight[…]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed."

Etymology

From mis- + acknowledge.

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