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miscognize

miscognize verb: to fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.

Verb

miscognize (third-person singular simple present miscognizes, present participle miscognizing, simple past and past participle miscognized)

  1. (obsolete) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
    • The good never intervert, nor miscognize the favour and benefit which they have received.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC

Forms of miscognize

third-person singular presentmiscognizes
present participlemiscognizing
past participlemiscognized
pastmiscognized

Origin of miscognize

From mis- + cognize.

Questions about miscognize

What does miscognize mean?
Miscognize means to fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.
What part of speech is miscognize?
Miscognize is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscognize?
The past tense of miscognize is miscognized.

Words near miscognize in the dictionary

  1. miscognises
  2. miscognising
  3. miscognition
  4. miscognitions
  5. miscognizant
  6. miscognize
  7. miscognized
  8. miscognizes
  9. miscognizing
  10. miscoinage
  11. miscoinages

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