missuppose

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verb

To suppose incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmissuppose (third-person singular simple present missupposes, present participle missupposing, simple past and past participle missupposed)

present singular third person missupposes · participle present missupposing · participle past missupposed · past missupposed

  1. transitiveTo suppose incorrectly.

    There was, indeed, another Boort, or Bors, afterwards king of Benoic; but the translator has evidently missupposed Ban-Boozt to be the name of one king, and Bos that of the other.

    1885, Ancient English Metrical Romances, page 4
    1 more example

    The circumstances complained of by the SEC are best controlled by the confluence of the competitive forces of the marketplace rather than by an agency that missupposes the mutual fund industry as being like a public utility.

    1967, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Mutual Fund Legislation of 1967: Hearings..., page 876

Origin

From mis- + suppose.

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APA

missuppose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missuppose

MLA

“missuppose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missuppose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missuppose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missuppose.

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