misrecollect

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ recollect

Verb

misrecollect (third-person singular simple present misrecollects, present participle misrecollecting, simple past and past participle misrecollected)

1. (transitive) To recollect incorrectly; to misremember.
   • 2007 February 21, Neil A. Lewis, “In Closing Pleas, Clashing Views on Libby’s Role”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It means he may have misrecollected what happened.”