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misdescribe

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mis⋅de⋅scribe

  [mis-di-skrahyb]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.
to describe incorrectly or falsely.
Origin:
1820–30; mis- 1 + describe

Related forms:
mis⋅de⋅scrip⋅tion  [mis-di-skrip-shuhn] , noun
mis⋅de⋅scrip⋅tive, adjective
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mis·de·scribe   (mĭs'dĭ-skrīb')   
tr.v.   mis·de·scribed, mis·de·scrib·ing, mis·de·scribes
To describe wrongly or falsely.
mis'de·scrip'tion (-skrĭp'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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