misimagine
misimagine verb: to imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.
Verb
misimagine (third-person singular simple present misimagines, present participle misimagining, simple past and past participle misimagined)
- To imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.
- When the fact of their being ice, and not snow, is fully realized, still persons are apt to misimagine their appearance; for they are by no means smooth like our frozen lakes and rivers, but present a very unequal surface, undulating, furrowed, and broken.1892, Thomas Osmond Summers, Switzerland: Historical and Descriptive, page 110
- The stupidity, parochialism, and greed in the international mismanagement of the whole nuclear challenge should not tempt us to misimagine the circumstances of the bomb's first “use.”1990, Paul Fussell, Killing, in Verse and Prose, and Other Essays, page 36
Forms of misimagine
| third-person singular present | misimagines |
|---|---|
| present participle | misimagining |
| past participle | misimagined |
| past | misimagined |
Origin of misimagine
From mis- + imagine.
Words formed from misimagine
Questions about misimagine
- What does misimagine mean?
- Misimagine means to imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.
- What part of speech is misimagine?
- Misimagine is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misimagine?
- The past tense of misimagine is misimagined.
Words near misimagine in the dictionary
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