misrecount
misrecount verb: to recount inaccurately; misrelate; to tell an untrue version of events.
Verb
misrecount (third-person singular simple present misrecounts, present participle misrecounting, simple past and past participle misrecounted)
- To recount inaccurately; misrelate; to tell an untrue version of events.
- I write, without a particle of feeling against Mr. Lillie, for I know him to be altogether friendly to my late colleague and myself, and even while inadvertently misrecounting her history, he writes of her in a most reverential tone.1895, Edward Maitland, “An Explanation By Mr. E. Maitland”, in William Thomas Stead, editor, Borderland: A Quarterly Review and Index, volume 2, page 178
- So far from the Queen having ordered him back, he would not have written but that his coming back would be misrecounted to her if he did not.1902, Sir William Monson, Michael Oppenheim, The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, page 341
Forms of misrecount
| third-person singular present | misrecounts |
|---|---|
| present participle | misrecounting |
| past participle | misrecounted |
| past | misrecounted |
Origin of misrecount
From mis- + recount.
Questions about misrecount
- What does misrecount mean?
- Misrecount means to recount inaccurately; misrelate; to tell an untrue version of events.
- What part of speech is misrecount?
- Misrecount is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misrecount?
- The past tense of misrecount is misrecounted.
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