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misˈreckon, v.
[mis-1 1.]
1. trans. To reckon, compute, or calculate (an amount) incorrectly; also, to make a wrong calculation in respect of (a certain number).
1524–5Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1904) 330 For xxix ll of wax whiche was MisRekonyd in the byll of her Acount. a1553Udall Royster D. i. iv. (Arb.) 28, I am not so olde, thou misreckonest my yeares. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 421 It is a familiar error in Josephus to misreckon times. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. viii. 27 The mistake of a quarter of an Inch..may make you misreckon a Gallon in the Content. 1717Berkeley Jrnl. Tour Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 567 Avellino reckons (I doubt misreckons) 30,000.
fig.1628Bp. Hall Serm. Lds. Parlt. 5 Apr. 22 Bee sure, if we be forgetfull, God will not mis-reckon his owne mercies. a1716South Serm. (1727) VI. 397 His Heart misreckons him; and therefore when he comes to rectify his Account by the Measure God takes of Things [etc.].
2. pass., refl., and intr. To make a wrong calculation; to be out in one's reckoning. (Cf. F. se mécompter.)
a. pass.1530Palsgr. 638/1, I had rather paye to moche than to be mysrekened. 1586in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 8 Wherein no doubt he was misreckened.
b. refl.1603Florio Montaigne i. xxx. (1632) 103 He that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 68 Thou misreckonest thyself, when thou think'st My provision is almost spent.
c. intr.a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 90 Where have I misreckoned, I pray you? 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair ii. 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 1708Swift Sent. Ch. Eng. Man Wks. 1755 II. i. 69 [He] must allow himself out, though..he may not see in which article he has misreckoned. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. xi, Wherefrom, if I misreckon not, your perspicacity will draw fullest insight.
†3. trans. To present an incorrect (esp. an exorbitant) account to (a person). Obs.
1640Brome Sparagus Gard. 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. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 335 For Arithmetick; who can misreckon a woman (they can men) in payments? |