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misrecoˈllect, v. [mis-1 1.] trans. and intr. To recollect wrongly or imperfectly. (A favourite word of Bentham's.)
1787Bentham Def. Usury vi. 49 If I do not misrecollect, I remember instances. a1832― Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 60 He received, if I misrecollect not, the sum of {pstlg}1000. So misrecoˈllection.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 261 To enable him..to reflect upon it, without danger of misrecollection. 1818Champion 20 Dec. in Athenæum (1891) 26 Dec. 865/3 Oblivion, or misrecollection of the past. 1922O. Jespersen Lang. iii. 70 He speaks..of other linguistic changes as well. These he refers to the following causes... (1) Mishearing and misunderstanding; (2) misrecollection; [etc.]. |