misremember

verb
/mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/US/mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbə/UK

Etymology

From mis- + remember.

  1. derived from *mer-
  2. derived from rememorari
  3. derived from remembrer
  4. inherited from remembren
  5. formed as misremember — “mis- + remember

Definitions

  1. To remember incorrectly.

    • . . . that he, who twice upon oath, with time of recollection, could not remember anything of such a business, might well, a third time, misremember somewhat.
    • His name, if I do not misremember, was Peter Otsequot.
    • I have been assured […] if I misremember not.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misremember. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA