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mismemorize

mismemorize verb: to memorize inaccurately.

Verb

mismemorize (third-person singular simple present mismemorizes, present participle mismemorizing, simple past and past participle mismemorized)

  1. To memorize inaccurately.
    • For example, if a bird mismemorizes the tutor song, and produces a perfect copy of its inaccurate template, then BOS itself could be a closer approximation of the template than tutor song.1999, Michele M. Solis, Influences of Song Experience on the Development of Selectivity in the Zebra Finch Forebrain, page 40
    • The student might have mismemorized the steps of the algorithm.2013, Douglas K. Brumbaugh, Teaching Middle School Mathematics, page 306

Forms of mismemorize

third-person singular presentmismemorizes
present participlemismemorizing
past participlemismemorized
pastmismemorized

Origin of mismemorize

From mis- + memorize.

Questions about mismemorize

What does mismemorize mean?
Mismemorize means to memorize inaccurately.
What part of speech is mismemorize?
Mismemorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of mismemorize?
The past tense of mismemorize is mismemorized.

Words near mismemorize in the dictionary

  1. mismedications
  2. mismeet
  3. mismeeting
  4. mismeetings
  5. mismeets
  6. mismemorize
  7. mismemorized
  8. mismemorizes
  9. mismemorizing
  10. mismend
  11. mismended

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