misaccuse

misaccuse verb: to accuse wrongly.

Verb

misaccuse (third-person singular simple present misaccuses, present participle misaccusing, simple past and past participle misaccused)

To accuse wrongly.
- I hold no brief for any disloyal person or persons that there is even any question about. but I say, let us be careful not to misaccuse or misjudge anyone.1918, The bulletin of the Commercial Law League of America
- Naipaul commits the very sin of which he misaccuses the Indian novelists: the form of his work entails the worth of human life, while the infused vision denies it.1996, Ronald Suresh Roberts, Clarence Thomas and the Tough Love Crowd, →ISBN

To calumniate is to accuse falsely with the perlocutionary intention to mislead and "misaccuse"2009, Daniel Vanderveken, Meaning and Speech Acts: Volume 1, Principles of Language Use, →ISBN:
To misaccuse the Basques was something the Spanish people could not abide, and they switched their vote to the socialists.2016, David McFadden, An Innocent in Cuba, →ISBN, page 348:

third-person singular present	misaccuses
present participle	misaccusing
past participle	misaccused
past	misaccused

From mis- + accuse.

What does misaccuse mean?: Misaccuse means to accuse wrongly.
How do you use misaccuse in a sentence?: To calumniate is to accuse falsely with the perlocutionary intention to mislead and "misaccuse"
What part of speech is misaccuse?: Misaccuse is a verb.
What is the past tense of misaccuse?: The past tense of misaccuse is misaccused.

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