misvalue en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English value English misvalue From mis- + value.
Meanings
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(transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
Gombrich generalizes his argument: all norms of progress misvalue art by over-rating their own achievement, under-rating other styles, and by viewing previous styles as precursors to their own work.
1994, Sheldon Saul Richmond, Aesthetic Criteria: Gombrich and the Philosophies of Science of Popper and Polanyi, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misvalued | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misvalued | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misvalues | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misvaluing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |