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disinform

disinform verb: to supply with disinformation.

Verb

disinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)

  1. (transitive) To supply with disinformation.
    • The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times

Forms of disinform

third-person singular presentdisinforms
present participledisinforming
past participledisinformed
pastdisinformed

Origin of disinform

Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.

Words formed from disinform

Questions about disinform

What does disinform mean?
Disinform means to supply with disinformation.
What part of speech is disinform?
Disinform is a verb.
What is the past tense of disinform?
The past tense of disinform is disinformed.

Words near disinform in the dictionary

  1. disinfo
  2. disinfodemic
  3. disinfodemics
  4. disinfographic
  5. disinfographics
  6. disinform
  7. disinformant
  8. disinformants
  9. disinformation
  10. disinformational
  11. disinformationed

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