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mis⋅name

  [mis-neym]
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–verb (used with object), -named, -nam⋅ing.
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
Origin:
1475–85; mis- 1 + name
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mis·name   (mĭs-nām')   
tr.v.   mis·named, mis·nam·ing, mis·names
To call by a wrong name.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

misname  (v.)
1537; see mis- (1) + name (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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