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missuppose

verb

Etymology

From mis- + suppose.

  1. derived from supponere
  2. derived from supposer
  3. inherited from supposen
  4. prefixed as missuppose — “mis + suppose”

Definitions

  1. To 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.
    • 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.

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