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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misrecall en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + recall.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To recall incorrectly.
    • That was the same slogan that Vice President Dan Quayle famously misrecalled in 1989 when he said, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind.” 2009 August 2, Jack Rosenthal, “A Terrible Thing to Waste”, in New York Times:

Forms

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misrecalling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misrecalls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misrecalled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misrecalled Tense=Past lexicographic