misnarrate
misnarrate verb: to narrate incorrectly.
Verb
misnarrate (third-person singular simple present misnarrates, present participle misnarrating, simple past and past participle misnarrated)
- To narrate incorrectly.
- Was it kindness to misrepresent his dying words and misnarrate the details of his funeral?1851 August, Salignus, “The Late Rev. Professor Street”, in The Benares Magazine, volume 6, number 28, page 658
- Krapp can see only the fool he was, not the fool he is; all his versions misperceive and misnarrate themselves.2007, Alan W. Friedman, Party Pieces, page 131
Forms of misnarrate
| third-person singular present | misnarrates |
|---|---|
| present participle | misnarrating |
| past participle | misnarrated |
| past | misnarrated |
Origin of misnarrate
From mis- + narrate.
Questions about misnarrate
- What does misnarrate mean?
- Misnarrate means to narrate incorrectly.
- What part of speech is misnarrate?
- Misnarrate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misnarrate?
- The past tense of misnarrate is misnarrated.
Words near misnarrate in the dictionary
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