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mismemorizes

mismemorizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismemorize.

Meaning of mismemorize

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

Questions about mismemorizes

What is mismemorizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mismemorizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismemorize.

Words near mismemorizes in the dictionary

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

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