verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.). transitive
2. 2
   To make a wrong calculation, to be in error. obsolete, reflexive

   "And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe."

Synonyms

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errmiscalculatemisconstruemisinterpretmisjudge

Example

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"And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe."

Etymology

From mis- + reckon.

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