Word Meanings - MISOBSERVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.

Related words: (words related to MISOBSERVE)

• OBSERVANCY
  Observance.
• INACCURATELY
  In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
• LOCKER
  1. One who, or that which, locks. 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker , a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• LOCKET
  1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament. 2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
• MISTAKER
  One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
• OBSERVANTINE
  One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
• MISTAKE
  1. To take or choose wrongly. Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak. 3. To substitute in thought
• OBSERVATIVE
  Observing; watchful.
• LOCKEN
  of Lock. Chaucer.
• OBSERVATION CAR
  A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
• OBSERVING
  Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind. -- Ob*serv"ing*ly, adv.
• OBSERVER
  1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By
• OBSERVANDUM
  A thing to be observed. Swift.
• OBSERVABLE
  Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey. -- Ob*serv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ob*serv"a*bly, adv.
• OBSERVATIONAL
  Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. Chalmers.
• OBSERVATION
  1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. My observation, which very seldom lies. Shak. 2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion;
• OBSERVATOR
  1. One who observes or takes notice. Sir M. Hale. 2. One who makes a remark. Dryden.
• OBSERVE
  1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• GLOCKENSPIEL
  An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
• MISOBSERVER
  One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
• INOBSERVATION
  Neglect or want of observation.
• NONOBSERVANCE
  Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
• UNDERLOCKER
  A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.
• UNOBSERVANCE
  Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. Whitlock.