misknow

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mis·know

 (mĭs-nō′)
tr.v. mis·knew (-no͞o′, -nyo͞o′), mis·known (-nōn′), mis·know·ing, mis·knows
To misunderstand.

mis·knowl′edge (-nŏl′ĭj) n.
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misknow

(ˌmɪsˈnəʊ)
vb (tr) , -knows, -knowing, -knew (-njuː) or -known (-nəʊn)
to have the wrong idea about; misunderstandto be unaware or ignorant of
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mis•know

(mɪsˈnoʊ)

v.t. -knew, -known, -know•ing.
to misunderstand.
[1250–1300]
mis•knowl′edge (-ˈnɒl ɪdʒ) n.
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Earlier royalist critiques of the tyranny of their opponents had also called attention to how the party in power understood itself to be delicate and pious, daring to cloak itself in the image of virtue or purity--a purity that, according to Royalists, misnamed or misknew itself.