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Misregard

//ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wrong understanding; misconstruction. obsolete, uncountable

    "Here well I weene , whenas these rimes be red With misregard"

  2. 2
    Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect. uncountable

    "As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself."

Verb
  1. 1
    To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect. transitive

    "To misregard the Word is in the account of Paul, to misregard ones own Salvation, he does not prise his own Soul, as he should do: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mis- + regard.

Etymology 2

From mis- + regard.

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