misobserve

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ observe.

Verb

misobserve (third-person singular simple present misobserves, present participle misobserving, simple past and past participle misobserved)

  1. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
    • 1693, , “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: A and J Churchill, , →OCLC:
      They understand it as early as they do language; and, if I misobserve not , they love to be treated as rational creatures sooner than is imagined

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