misconclude
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misconclude (third-person singular simple present misconcludes, present participle misconcluding, simple past and past participle misconcluded)
- To arrive at the wrong conclusion.
- 1799, John Flavell, The Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel:
- […] false reasoning themselves, namely, by making false syllogisms; whereby they misconclude about their spiritual and eternal estate and condition, and befool themselves.
- 1985, Watchman Nee, The Spirit of the Gospel, page 96:
- Some people, viewing these verses from the human side, misconclude the words in Mark 16.17-18 to signify the things mentioned there to be quite extraordinary.
- 2008, Yiorghos Leventis, Nanako Murata Sawayanagi, Crossing Over Cyprus: Studies on the Divided Island in the Eastern Mediterranean, page 42:
- However, we must not misconclude that Greek Cypriots are a weak population worthy of being overlooked.