misreckon

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I can't understand How Jokim could so have misreckoned.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various

Pym. I'll not say You have misreckoned, Strafford: time shows.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

I thought I had measured my distance so well, but I fear that I must have misreckoned.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 by Various

But in her topographical ignorance as a late comer to the place, she misreckoned the distance of her journey as not much more than half what it really was.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

In this, however, they had misreckoned the chances, for the challenged accepted their challenges with alacrity and disposed of them one by one with credit to himself until the day was concluded.

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett