misobserve

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ observe

Verb

misobserve (third-person singular simple present misobserves, present participle misobserving, simple past and past participle misobserved)

1. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
   • 1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     They understand it as early as they do language; and, if I misobserve not , they love to be treated as rational creatures sooner than is imagined

References

• “misobserve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.