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Webster 1913 Edition
Misstate
Mis-state′
,Verb.
T.
To state wrongly;
as, to
. misstate
a question in debateBp. Sanderson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misstate
MISSTA'TE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
misstate
misstate
English
Verb
misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)
- 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?
Translations
to make a statement that is wrong
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