Mismean
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mismean is a verb meaning (transitive) To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
Meaning
(transitive) To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
Example Sentences
To mismean is not to mean; to mismean is to honor a meaning glimpsed but unmeant.
If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter.
Word Forms
- mismeans
- mismeaning
- mismeant
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misintend, misread, misinterpret, misconstrue, misdefine, misdeem.
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