Misexplicate

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To explicate incorrectly.
"They hav ^([sic]) only misexplicated all its parts after their own happy way."

Synonyms

contort distort garble gloss misapply misapprehend

Example

"They hav ^([sic]) only misexplicated all its parts after their own happy way."

Etymology

From mis- + explicate.

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