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misrecollect

misrecollect verb: to recollect incorrectly; to misremember.

Verb

misrecollect (third-person singular simple present misrecollects, present participle misrecollecting, simple past and past participle misrecollected)

  1. (transitive) To recollect incorrectly; to misremember.
    • It means he may have misrecollected what happened.”2007 February 21, Neil A. Lewis, “In Closing Pleas, Clashing Views on Libby’s Role”, in New York Times

Forms of misrecollect

third-person singular presentmisrecollects
present participlemisrecollecting
past participlemisrecollected
pastmisrecollected

Origin of misrecollect

From mis- + recollect.

Questions about misrecollect

What does misrecollect mean?
Misrecollect means to recollect incorrectly; to misremember.
What part of speech is misrecollect?
Misrecollect is a verb.
What is the past tense of misrecollect?
The past tense of misrecollect is misrecollected.

Words near misrecollect in the dictionary

  1. misrecognitions
  2. misrecognize
  3. misrecognized
  4. misrecognizes
  5. misrecognizing
  6. misrecollect
  7. misrecollected
  8. misrecollecting
  9. misrecollection
  10. misrecollections
  11. misrecollects

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