misreckon

misreckon
verb /mɪsˈɹɛkən/
To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).

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


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  • Misreckon — Mis*reck on, v. t. & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misreckon — index distort, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misunderstand …   Law dictionary

  • misreckon — [mis΄rek′ən] vt. to reckon or calculate incorrectly …   English World dictionary

  • misreckon — “+ intransitive verb Etymology: mis (I) + reckon : to reckon wrongly : make an incorrect calculation unless I misreckon, the bill comes due tomorrow …   Useful english dictionary

  • misreckon — /mis rek euhn/, v.t., v.i. to reckon incorrectly; miscalculate. [1515 25; MIS 1 + RECKON] * * * …   Universalium

  • misreckon — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To calculate wrongly: miscalculate, misestimate, misjudge. See CORRECT …   English dictionary for students

  • misreckon — v. a. See miscalculate …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • misreckon — v miscalculate, miscount, miscompute; underestimate, overestimate, misjudge, not take everything into account; make a mistake, err, Inf. get off the track …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • misreckon — mis·reckon …   English syllables

  • misreckon — mis•reck′on v …   From formal English to slang

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