misobserve
English
Etymology
mis- + observe
Verb
misobserve (third-person singular simple present misobserves, present participle misobserving, simple past and past participle misobserved)
- To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for misobserve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)