misknowv.
/mɪsˈnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈnoʊ/, Scottish English /mɪsˈno/, Irish English /mɪsˈnoʊ/ Chiefly Scottish.† 1. transitive. To fail to recognize (a person); to mistake the identity of. Also intransitive. Obsolete.† 2. intransitive. To speak untruthfully of. Obsolete. rare.† 4. transitive. To refuse to recognize or notice; to affect ignorance of; disown. Also intransitive. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > mistake identity of
misknowc1330
miskenc1550
mistake1569
nickname1598
misidentify1895
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 570 (MED) Merci, sir..Þat ich haue misknowen þe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 317 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 467 & twa lyand [he] has persawyt, þat he mysknew, fore þai ware hyd.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1432 in Poems (1981) 58 ‘Knew thow not weill I wes baith lord and king Off beistis all?’ ‘Ȝes,’ quod the mous, ‘I knaw, Bot I misknew, because ȝe lay so law.’
c1500 Melusine (1895) 102 Seeyng that he mysknewe the place for cause of the new toune & toure.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 19 Na word he said, quhairthrow I did misknaw him, Because in sic ane stait I neuer saw him.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 221 An' then sae bra', that she hersell misknew, Sae i' the wind her silks, an' scarlets flew.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 194 Why should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 17314 (MED) Me think ȝe haf to me misknawen of þat prophetz þat ȝe gart hang.
3. † b. transitive (reflexive). To have false ideas about oneself or one's position. Cf. misknowing adj. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To have a wrong idea of; to misapprehend, misunderstand. Also intransitive.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (transitive)]
misunderstanda1225
mistake1402
misconstruea1425
miskenc1480
misgloze1532
misinterpret1547
missense1560
wrest1563
misdeem1570
misconceive1586
misconstruct1596
misinfer1597
misconceit1598
misknowa1600
to look beyond1600
lose1600
mismean1605
misprize1609
misread1612
misween1614
misimagine1626
misapprehend1628
construea1640
mislead1654
equivocate1665
misrender1674
misaccept1697
miscomprehend1813
read1879
misperceive1911
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 902 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 89 Þe bischope þan, as Innocent, þat misknew al hyr entent.
1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 145 S. Paul..could not misknau the vordis of Christ.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 5 Than tha misknaw God and Fortoun so far, Na wounder is suppois tha get the war.
1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xviii. 108 If therefore we mis-know, the fault is in the mean, through which we doe imperfectly discover them.
1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 90 Some things thou knowest not, misknowest others.
1792 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Oct. in Papers (1990) XXIV. 494 You should know my real opinions that you may know how to make use of me, and it is essential to my tranquillity not to be mis-known to you.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iii. 5/2 Great men are too often unknown, or what is worse, misknown.
1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 162 What she half-knows, or mis-knows.
1879 J. C. Morison Gibbon 26 It would be greatly to misknow Gibbon to suppose that his studies were restricted to the learned languages.
1987 G. Bear Forge of God (1988) 60 Unless I sadly misknow your abilities, yes.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/1 Whan a man mysknoweth hym selfe it is a daungerouse thyng for hym.
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 370 The greit honour we did unto thame..maid thame to misknaw thame selffis.
1584–9 J. Maxwall Commonplace Bk. f. 17v Lwiferis ar nocht wnlyk to woode men, quha misknawis thame self & knawis nocht quhat thay do.
1617 King James VI & I Let. in F. Bacon Wks. (1830) (modernized text) XII. 329 You were afraid that the height of his fortune might make him misknow himself.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)]
fordita800
forheedc1275
forget1297
to let out ofa1300
spele1338
to go beside ——a1382
waivec1400
remiss?a1425
to go by ——?c1450
misknowledge?a1475
misknow1483
misken1494
to go besides ——1530
to let pass1530
unregard1545
unmind1562
overlook1570
mislippen1581
suspend1581
omit1589
blanch1605
to blow off1631
disregard1641
to pass with ——1641
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654
prescind1654
nihilify1656
proscribe1680
unnotice1776
ignore1795
to close one's mind1797
cushion1818
to leave out in the cold1839
overslaugh1846
unheed1847
to write off1861
to look through ——1894
scrub1943
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i vj To thende that thou be not reputed for unkynde proude or misknowyng the..seruyse which they haue done to the.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 111 (MED) In this thou maist not deny the trouth of the dede nor mysknowe the party of the case.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 215 As Ignorant or mysknawing sic thingis as semys to my estate [L. meae condicionis oblitum].
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue viii. sig. D.iiv He yt misknawis salbe misknawin.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 43 In their prosperitie they misknowe vs.
1600 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 115 And the said Robert Auchmowtie, quhais presens could nocht be misknawin in respect of the fact intervenient.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §xcviii We mis-know our parents; not acknowledging any friend but the Tailor that brings us a fine coate.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 212 He priuately wronged me, which I misknew, as vnwilling..to be too forward to seeke a redresse.
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a. transitive. Scottish. To fail to know or be aware of; to be ignorant of. Also with clause as object. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > not know [verb (transitive)]
unknowc1384
ignorec1475
miskenc1480
misknowa1522
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. xi. 57 Misknawing quhat this ment.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton (title) The Catechisme;..ane..Instructioun..in materis of our Catholik Faith..whilk na gud Christin man..suld misknaw.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 2 That I was thair..thay did misknaw.
1581 in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 121 Gif ye haue red the antiquitie, ye can not misknau this.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 298 To knaw of him whither sik a band was or not; wha semit to misknaw the same.
1897 W. Beatty Secretar xliv As gif misknowing that I was observed.
b. transitive. Scottish and Irish English (northern). In passive: to be unknown (to). Now rare.
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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vi. 118 Behald quhat change..May be mysknaw, throw tymys lang bipast.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ii. Prol. 12 Mysknawin.
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xv. sig. G.iiiv Because it wes euir misknawin to the kirk of god.
1562–3 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 230 Quhilk article..suld not haif bene misknawin to the said Thomas.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 328 Our way we Know, and yet vnknowne to other, And whiles misknowne to vs.
1900 ‘M. O'Neill’ Songs Glens of Antrim 59 A word misknown to the false and cold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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