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miscognizing

miscognizing is the present participle and gerund of miscognize.

Meaning of miscognize

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

Questions about miscognizing

What is miscognizing the present participle and gerund of?
Miscognizing is the present participle and gerund of miscognize.

Words near miscognizing in the dictionary

  1. miscognitions
  2. miscognizant
  3. miscognize
  4. miscognized
  5. miscognizes
  6. miscognizing
  7. miscoinage
  8. miscoinages
  9. miscoined
  10. miscollate
  11. miscollated

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