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misreveal

misreveal verb: to reveal something that is not true.

Verb

misreveal (third-person singular simple present misreveals, present participle misrevealing, simple past and past participle misrevealed)

  1. To reveal something that is not true.
    • Six methods are allegedly used to misreveal data: double bookkeeping, excessive aggregation, extra-budgetary finance, unidentified use of foreign exchange, military aid, and defense-related debt burden.1992, Geoffrey Lamb, Valeriana Kallab, World Bank, Military Expenditure and Economic Development, page 5
    • If the visual image openly leads the total imagery experience on the one hand, it als may be subterranean and strategic on the other hand, as in dreams, publicity ads and social or political strategy where a vivid visual image misreveals a truth and misdirects the visualizer.1995, Journal of Mental Imagery - Volume 19, page 114

Forms of misreveal

third-person singular presentmisreveals
present participlemisrevealing
past participlemisrevealed
pastmisrevealed

Origin of misreveal

From mis- + reveal.

Questions about misreveal

What does misreveal mean?
Misreveal means to reveal something that is not true.
What part of speech is misreveal?
Misreveal is a verb.
What is the past tense of misreveal?
The past tense of misreveal is misrevealed.

Words near misreveal in the dictionary

  1. misresults
  2. misreturn
  3. misreturned
  4. misreturning
  5. misreturns
  6. misreveal
  7. misrevealed
  8. misrevealing
  9. misreveals
  10. misreview
  11. misreviewed

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