单词 | misreckon |
释义 | misreckonv. 1. a. transitive. To reckon or calculate (an amount) incorrectly; (also) to make a wrong calculation in respect of (a certain quantity). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)] mistella1475 mischargec1495 misreckon1524 miscount1548 miscast1605 misnumber1614 miscompute1637 mistake1704 miscalculate1727 under-estimate1812 1524–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 330 For xxix ll of wax whiche was MisRekonyd in the byll of her Acount. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.jv I am not so olde, thou misreckonest my yeares. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §10. 495 It is a familiar errour in Iosephus, to misreckon times. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. viii. 27 The mistake of a quarter of an Inch..may make you misreckon a Gallon in the Content. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 8 June in Wks. (1955) VII. 301 Avellino reckons (I doubt misreckons) 30000. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables iv. 75 Hepzibah blundered to and fro about her small place of business, committing the most unheard of errors:..misreckoning her change, sometimes to the public detriment, and much oftener to her own. 1912 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd (rev. ed.) xxxii. 247 As a late comer to the place, she misreckoned the distance of her journey as not much more than half what it really was. 1950 ELH 17 8 A due measure is hard to find, And Wille has misreckoned his own. ΚΠ 1628 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Fast 22 Bee sure, if we be forgetfull, God will not mis-reckon his owne mercies. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 458 His Heart misreckons him; and therefore, when he comes to rectify his Account by the Measure God takes of things, he finds, [etc.]. a. transitive (reflexive and in passive). To make a wrong calculation; to be out in one's reckoning. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > be mistaken misbethinka1300 deceivec1315 misreckon1530 overshoot1535 mistake1596 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > err, blunder [verb (reflexive)] overseec1400 overshoot1514 misreckon1530 blundera1652 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/1 I had rather paye to moche than to be mysrekened. 1586 A. Paulet Let. 10 Sept. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 8 Wherein no doubt he was misreckened. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxx. 103 He that hath once mis-reckoned him selfe is never seene againe. 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 97 Thou mis-reckonest thy-self, when thou think'st; my provision is almost spent. b. intransitive in same sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 haltc900 marOE slidea1000 misfangOE missOE to have wough?c1225 misnimc1225 misrekec1275 mis-startc1275 err1303 to go wrongc1340 misgo1340 slipc1340 snapperc1380 forvay1390 to miss of ——c1395 to make a balkc1430 to run in ——1496 trip1509 fault1530 mistake1548 misreckon1584 misstep1605 warpa1616 solecize1627 hallucinate1652 nod1677 to go will1724 to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849 slip1890 skid1920 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 90 Where have I misreckoned, I pray you? 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. ii. 19 in Wks. II Drinke with all companies, though you be sure to be drunke; you'll mis-reckon the better, and be lesse asham'd on't. 1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 129 [He] must allow himself out, though..he may not see in which Article he has misreckoned. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 27/2 Wherefrom, if I misreckon not, your perspicacity will draw fullest insight. ΚΠ 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden iii. ii. E 4 b Ex. Gen. Who would be troubled with such pinching guests? Gar. I, tis good to misreckon such to be rid of 'hem. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 335 For Arithmetick; who can misreckon a woman (they can men) in payments? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1524 |
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