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English
Etymology
From mis- + acknowledge.
Pronunciation
Verb
misacknowledge (third-person singular simple present misacknowledges, present participle misacknowledging, simple past and past participle misacknowledged)
- (rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight […]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed.
1901, Robert S Littell, The Living Age, volume CCXXVIII:How many do I ordinarily see that mis-acknowledge poverty; how many that wish for death or that pass it without any alarm or affliction?