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Definition of Misken
1. v. t. Not to know.
Definition of Misken
1. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To fail to know; be ignorant or unaware of; appear to be ignorant of. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of. ¹
4. Verb. (reflexive UK dialectal) To esteem oneself incorrectly; have a false or exaggerated opinion of oneself or one's position. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To fail to recognise or identify. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To refuse to acknowledge; disown; repudiate; pass over; ignore; disregard; neglect; overlook; disavow; disclaim; disown; deny. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive UK dialectal) To fail to mention. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misken
1. to fail to recognize [v MISKENNED, MISKENT, MISKENNING, MISKENS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misken
Literary usage of Misken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"It is singular that it has also found its way into Tamil; Mai. misken. This word
misken has found its way (probably by means of the Saracens) into several ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1873)
"... [misken'J, va and vn to misunderstand, or misconceive ; to mistake. Wh. Gl.
; gen. The word is also in some use, or, rather, play, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"In Glouc. they say misken, ie misken, by metathesis. See Dr. Fuller's Worth, p.
174, where he defends it : ' that heap of compost, which lyeth in the yards ..."
4. The Itinerary of John Leland in Or about the Years 1535-1543: Parts I to [XI] by John Leland (1906)
"... (long whit I) Urgan: ct where is, as in the lordship of misken f in the ...
misken, the King lordship. .ey . . lordship having no issu out of them. ..."
5. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1874)
"In Glouc. they say misken, ie misken, by metathesis. See Dr. Fuller's Worth. p.
174, where he defends it: " that heap of compost, ..."
6. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1874)
"In Glouc. they say misken, ie misken, by metathesis. See Dr. Fuller's Worth, p.
174, where he defends it : " that heap of compost, which lyeth in the yards ..."
7. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"misken, to be ignorant of, to forget, to disown. ... G. Stuart, Joco-Serious
Discourse, 1686, p. 14. " misken'd her-sel " (forgot herself).—The same, p. 25. ..."
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