Misgather

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To accumulate or assemble incorrectly.

    "Some leaves have been lost or misgathered; the MS., however, affords no indication for deciding which of these suppositions is correct."

  2. 2
    To infer or conclude incorrectly.

    "Thus we sometimes misgather those things (the sun for example) to be hot themselves, which produce heat in others; those to be cold, which cause sense of cold; those most, which leave an impression of moisture where noe wasor was unfelt before their operation: yet is the moon neither cold nor moist in itself, although the true cause of coldness or mostening in subjects aptly disposed to either quality."

Example

More examples

"Some leaves have been lost or misgathered; the MS., however, affords no indication for deciding which of these suppositions is correct."

Etymology

From mis- + gather.

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