misreckon

Example Sentences

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Look to yourself, Master Varney," said Foster, "you may misreckon foully in this matter.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

Moreover, he had the art to misreckon men in their accounts, whether by weight, or measure, or money, and would often do it to his worldly advantage, and their loss.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

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

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer