misreckon

verb — 2 senses

misreckon

verb

UK /mɪsˈɹɛkən/

Etymology From mis- + reckon.

1

To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).

2

Obsolete To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.

And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207

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