misgathered
misgathered is the simple past and past participle of misgather.
Meaning of misgather
Verb
misgather (third-person singular simple present misgathers, present participle misgathering, simple past and past participle misgathered)
- 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.1859, Roger Bacon, edited by John Sherren Brewer, Fr. Rogeri Bacon: opera quædam hactenus inedita, page 375
- 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...1844, Thomas Jackson, The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D
Questions about misgathered
- What is misgathered the simple past and past participle of?
- Misgathered is the simple past and past participle of misgather.
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