misreckon

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Misreckon, mis,-rek′n, v.t. to reckon or compute wrongly.—n.

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He had the art besides to misreckon men in their accounts, whether by weight or measure or money; and if a question was made of his faithful dealing, he had his servants ready that would vouch and swear to his look or word.

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If I do not misreckon foully the queen spoke of both seeing and speaking with him during her progress hither.

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You promised that it would be within two months at farthest; and now, unless my desire to have you back makes me misreckon the time, you have been absent nearly three.

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It is probable that more reviews were written, or directly inspired, by him than have been actually traced to his pen; and, in any case, as Leigh Hunt puts it, he made it his business to                              See that others   Misdeem and miscontrue, like miscreant brothers;   Misquote, and misplace, and mislead, and misstate,   Misapply, misinterpret, misreckon, misdate,   Missinform, misconjecture, misargue, in short   Miss all that is good, that ye miss not the court.

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