misgather

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To accumulate or assemble incorrectly.
    — Some leaves have been lost or misgathered; the MS., however, affords no indication for deciding which of these suppositions is correct.
  2. To infer or conclude incorrectly.
    — Thus we sometimes misgather those things (the sun for example) to be hot themselves, which produce heat in others; those to be cold, which cause sense of cold; those most, which leave an impression of moisture where noe wasor was unfelt before their operation: yet is the moon neither cold nor moist in itself, although the true cause of coldness or mostening in subjects aptly disposed to either quality.

词形变化

misgathers present,singular,third-person misgathering participle,present misgathered participle,past misgathered past

词源

From mis- + gather.
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