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单词 misattribute
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misattributev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsəˈtrɪbjuːt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈtrɪbjət/, /ˌmɪsəˈtrɪbjut/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, attribute v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + attribute v. Compare earlier misattribution n.
transitive. To attribute (something) mistakenly (to a person).
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1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 492/2 [Disraeli] to whom completely opposite proclivities have been misattributed.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. k1 He once gave away a painting, which he had misattributed, only to discover, painfully, belatedly, that he'd parted with a costly work by Domenico Veneziano.
1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. iii. vi. 101 ‘It's like Shakespeare's “My love is like a red, red rose”,’ the good professor helpfully explained, while misattributing Robert Burns's most famous line to Shakespeare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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