Misimagine

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.

    "When the fact of their being ice, and not snow, is fully realized, still persons are apt to misimagine their appearance; for they are by no means smooth like our frozen lakes and rivers, but present a very unequal surface, undulating, furrowed, and broken."

Example

More examples

"When the fact of their being ice, and not snow, is fully realized, still persons are apt to misimagine their appearance; for they are by no means smooth like our frozen lakes and rivers, but present a very unequal surface, undulating, furrowed, and broken."

Etymology

From mis- + imagine.

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