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misinˈform, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To inform amiss; to give wrong or misleading information to.
In the first quot. prob. two words (see mis adv.).
1390Gower Conf. I. 178 It nedeth of no bakbitinge That thou thi ladi mis enforme. 1530Palsgr. 605/1, I..bring one from the trewe opinion by misenformyng. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 67 You may also mark how the Devil at this time did misinform E. K. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxx. 175 To let the people be..mis-informed of the grounds..of those his essentiall Rights. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 355 Least..She dictate false, and missinforme the Will To do what God expressly hath forbid. 1701Norris Ideal World i. iv. 188 Our senses..do not..deceive or misinform us as to the meer existence of things. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. ix. 457 Pontoppidan misinformed, and deluded, his prince, upon a thousand points of history. 1974Physics Bull. Jan. 3/2 All the above is well known... Those attempting to misinform the World Scientific Community are fully aware of my real circumstances.
absol.1611Bible 2 Mac. iii. 11 That some of it belonged to Hircanus,..and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 256 You misinforme against him for concluding with the Papists. 1678Marvell Growth Popery 43 However the King's Counsel may misinform. |