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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disinform en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To supply with disinformation.
    • The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other. 2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disinforms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disinformed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disinformed Tense=Past lexicographic
disinforming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

disinformer

Relateds

disinformation · misinform