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misdeˈscribe, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To describe inaccurately.
1827Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. Wks. V. 599 When any other circumstance is misdescribed in the pleadings. 1884Fortn. Rev. Dec. 847 The events..have been systematically misdescribed by..the Liberal press.
Hence misdeˈscribed ppl. a., misdeˈscriber.
1889Gasquet Hen. VIII & Eng. Monast. II. 495 Those kindly misdescribers, Sir Walter Scott and the author of the ‘Ingoldsby Legends’. 1891Atkinson Moorland Par. 153 These misnamed, or rather misdescribed pits. |