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misrepeat

misrepeat verb: to repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.

Verb

misrepeat (third-person singular simple present misrepeats, present participle misrepeating, simple past and past participle misrepeated)

  1. (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
    • The petition was of many sheets of paper, and contained many false accusations, (and among some truths misrepeated,) accusing us to intend rebellion, to have cast off our allegiance, and to be wholly separate from the church and laws of England […]1825-1826, John Winthrop, The History of New England

Forms of misrepeat

third-person singular presentmisrepeats
present participlemisrepeating
past participlemisrepeated
pastmisrepeated

Origin of misrepeat

From mis- + repeat.

Questions about misrepeat

What does misrepeat mean?
Misrepeat means to repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
What part of speech is misrepeat?
Misrepeat is a verb.
What is the past tense of misrepeat?
The past tense of misrepeat is misrepeated.

Words near misrepeat in the dictionary

  1. misrenders
  2. misrepair
  3. misrepaired
  4. misrepairing
  5. misrepairs
  6. misrepeat
  7. misrepeated
  8. misrepeating
  9. misrepeats
  10. misreplicate
  11. misreplicated

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