misremember
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪsɹɪˈmɛmbə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
Verb[edit]
misremember (third-person singular simple present misremembers, present participle misremembering, simple past and past participle misremembered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To remember incorrectly.
- 1641 April 21, Lord George Digby, Delivery to the House of Commons on the Bill of Attainder against Stratford:
- . . . 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.
- 1750, Ralph Griffiths, The Monthly Review:
- His name, if I do not misremember, was Peter Otsequot.
- 1801, Jonathan Swift, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Oxford, page 33:
- I have been assured […] if I misremember not.
- 1994, David Morrell, Blood Oath, McMillan, page 17:
- Did the military screw things up, or did you simply misremember?
Quotations[edit]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:misremember.