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misdiscern

verb

Etymology

From mis- + discern.

  1. derived from discernere
  2. derived from discerner
  3. inherited from discernen
  4. prefixed as misdiscern — “mis + discern”

Definitions

  1. To discern incorrectly.

    • Tartarin had neither the dazzled, misdiscerning vision of genius nor the fatuity that comes from a surfeit of wisdom.
    • But these, the statesman may be as apt to misdiscern as to overlook, failing in action through inadequacy in contemplation.
    • If either God (the priestly element) or the world (the teacherly element) is ignored or misdiscerned, then there is no unity, no prayer, no rightly relating to all things, and no authentic ministry.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA