misrelatev.
/ˌmɪsrᵻˈleɪt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsrəˈleɪt/, /ˌmɪsriˈleɪt/ Now rare.
transitive and intransitive. To relate badly, wrongly, or inaccurately (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)]
misreportc1450
mistell1565
misrecite1573
misrelate1621
misstate1643
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 489 It could not be, you should so often mistake, or mis-relate, if you had trusted your owne eyes.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) ii. 3 That if any thing were either omitted or misrelated, it might be rectified.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 519 Some things done in England, and misrelated by the Doctor, must be rectified.
1848 J. Forster Life Oliver Goldsmith iv. 551 The latter city [sc. Lisle] was the scene of an incident afterwards absurdly misrelated.
1978 Amer. Q. 30 76 Persons from other societies systematically misconceptualize and hence misrelate to what is intended in media productions.
Derivatives
misreˈlating n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > act of giving
misrehearsal1472
misreportinga1513
misrelation1541
misreciting1572
misinformation1587
misrelating1625
misstating1643
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 118 Historicall mistakings, misrelatings.
1992 Philos. East & West 42 417 Erroneous understandings arise from the misrelating of givens, not from projecting inappropriate mind-constructed concepts upon them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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