† misweighv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To put (scales) off balance.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)]
mistakea1393
mischoosec1422
misaccounta1425
misweigha1475
mistakea1500
misjudge1526
misesteema1595
miscountc1600
misdoom1609
misvalue1614
misrepute1629
misratea1641
mismeasure1743
mistake?a1786
misappreciate1828
misestimate1841
misgauge1870
a1475 in F. A. Patterson Middle Eng. Penitential Lyric (1911) 48–50 (MED) The balance of vertues I haue mysweyed, With sleyng of tonge..With lechory, or with þefte.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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