单词 | misconjecture |
释义 | misconjecturen. Erroneous conjecture; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > erroneous misconjecture1646 misguess1946 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 272 We hope they wil plausibly receave our attempts, or candidely correct our misconjectures. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. xxxii. 317 There may be some misunderstanding or misconjecture. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 87 Aspirants that choose a foot-path among labyrinths of apparent contradiction, cautiously eschewing predilection of lumpish misconjecture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misconjecturev.ΚΠ 1610 R. Sharpe More Fooles Yet sig. C2 No sir you misconiecture his intent. 2. intransitive. To make a wrong conjecture. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] > wrongly misguess1533 misconjecturea1626 a1626 F. Bacon Controv. Church Eng. in Resuscitatio (1657) 166 Many Pressing, and Fawning Persons do misconjecture, of the Humours, of Men in Authority. 1823 L. Hunt Ultra-Crepidarius 18 Misapply, misinterpret, misreckon, misdate, Misinform, misconjecture, misargue; in short, Miss all that is good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646v.1610 |
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