Word Meanings - MISACCEPTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.
Related words: (words related to MISACCEPTATION)
- SENSE
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, - WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - WRONG
imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. - ACCEPTATION
1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. 2. The meaning - WRONGLESS
Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney. - WRONGDOING
Evil or wicked behavior or action. - WRONGFUL
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n. - UNDERSTANDING
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man. - WRONGHEAD
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. - UNDERSTAND
understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge - SENSEFUL
Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. "Senseful speech." Spenser. "Men, otherwise senseful and ingenious." Norris. - WRONG-TIMED
Done at an improper time; ill-timed. - UNDERSTANDER
One who understands, or knows by experience. Dryden. - UNDERSTANDABLE
Capable of being understood; intelligible. Chillingworth. - SENSELESS
Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable. You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things. Shak. The ears are senseless that should give us hearing. - WRONGNESS
The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham. - WRONGDOER
One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. (more info) 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong. - WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak. - WRONGHEADED
Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong"head`ed*ly, adv. -- Wrong"head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay. - INSENSE
To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell. - MISACCEPTATION
Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense. - NONSENSE
1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity. 2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, - MISUNDERSTANDER
One who misunderstands. Sir T. More. - MISUNDERSTANDING
1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon. 2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift. - COMMON SENSE
See SENSE - INUNDERSTANDING
Void of understanding. Bp. Pearson. - UNSENSED
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification. Puller. - MISUNDERSTAND
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.