misacknowledge

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ acknowledge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəkˈnɒlɪdʒ/

Verb

misacknowledge (third-person singular simple present misacknowledges, present participle misacknowledging, simple past and past participle misacknowledged)

1. (rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight […]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed.

   • 1901, Robert S Littell, The Living Age, volume CCXXVIII:

     How many do I ordinarily see that mis-acknowledge poverty; how many that wish for death or that pass it without any alarm or affliction?