Misreckon
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /mɪsˈɹɛkən/
Origin
From mis- + reckon.
Full definition of misreckon
Verb
- (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- (reflexive, obsolete) To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 207:And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe.