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misname

[mis-neym] Origin

mis·name

[mis-neym]
verb (used with object), -named, -nam·ing.
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.

Origin:
1475–85; mis-1 + name
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Word Origin & History

misname
1537; see mis- (1) + name (v.).
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