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Webster 1913 Edition


Misstate

Mis-state′

,
Verb.
T.
To state wrongly;
as, to
misstate
a question in debate
.
Bp. Sanderson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misstate

MISSTA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
To state wrong; to make an erroneous representation of facts; as, to misstate a question in debate.

Definition 2024


misstate

misstate

English

Verb

misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)

  1. To make a statement that is in error, to say incorrectly, have a slip of the tongue. Implies an unintentional error in speaking rather than an intentional lie.
    The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, it was an honest mistake, how often does one speak of the 1800s?

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