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单词 misdeem
释义

misdeem

English

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Middle English misdemen, equivalent to mis- + deem. Cognate with Icelandic misdæma (to misjudge).

Verb

misdeem (third-person singular simple present misdeems, present participle misdeeming, simple past and past participle misdeemed)

  1. To misjudge, to deem wrongly.
    • 1500s, Edmund Spenser, sonnet:
      The doubt which ye misdeem, fair love, is vain, / That fondly fear to lose your liberty; / []
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xxxviii:
      Nor say I this for that I aught misdeem / That Egypt's promis'd succors fail us might.

References

  • misdeem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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